install-spinner

install-spinner is a command for Claude Code from AlexPl292/awesome-claude-spinners. It costs 0 tokens per session (343 once invoked), scanned B, original, MIT.

A command for choosing and installing a spinner pack, meaning a set of phrases shown while an agent is working.

In plain words
What is it for?
It is for listing available spinner packs, letting the user choose one, and updating the spinner verbs in the Claude settings file.
Why use it?
It avoids manually editing the settings file and changes only the spinner phrase configuration.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: installed under .claude/. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions Claude Code.

Good fit It is for listing available spinner packs, letting the user choose one, and updating the spinner verbs in the Claude settings file.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/alexpl292/awesome-claude-spinners/install-spinner
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AlexPl292/awesome-claude-spinners

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 343 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan B 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00000 $0.00343
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00171
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00069
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00034

Measured 11d ago against content hash 48ab4e1683ad, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

install-spinner scanned grade B with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 11d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Reads agent configuration directoriesmediumAgent snooping

.claude/, .codex/, .gemini/ hold keys, settings and other credentials a mod has no legitimate need for.

Once the user has chosen a pack, read the corresponding file from `spinners/<pack-name>.json`. Then read the user's `~/.claude/settings.json` file.
.claude/commands/install-spinner.md · 39 lines

What it actually says

Ask the user which spinner pack they want to install. List all available .json files from the spinners/ directory in this repository (without the .json extension).

Present the packs to the user in a table with three columns: Pack name, a short description, and a couple of example verbs. Use the table from README.md as reference for descriptions and examples.

Let the user pick one.

Once the user has chosen a pack, read the corresponding file from spinners/<pack-name>.json. Then read the user's ~/.claude/settings.json file.

Each spinner file has this format:

{
  "spinnerVerbs": {
    "mode": "replace",
    "verbs": ["Phrase 1", "Phrase 2"]
  }
}

Copy the spinnerVerbs field from the chosen spinner file into ~/.claude/settings.json. If the spinnerVerbs field already exists in settings.json, replace its value. If it doesn't exist, create it.

IMPORTANT: Do not modify any other fields in settings.json. Only change spinnerVerbs.

After successful installation, print:

Spinner pack "<pack-name>" installed successfully!
No need to restart Claude Code — the new spinners are active immediately.

Removing spinners

If the user asks to remove or reset spinners, read ~/.claude/settings.json and delete the spinnerVerbs field entirely. Do not modify any other fields. After removal, print:

Spinner pack removed. Default spinners are back.
No need to restart Claude Code — the change takes effect immediately.
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 11d ago First seen · 39 lines · 0 tokens per session scan B 48ab4e1683ad

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install-spinner is a command published in the GitHub repository AlexPl292/awesome-claude-spinners (75 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 343 tokens. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (reads agent configuration directories). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.