setup

Setup Instructions

You are setting up the claude-code-statusline-alansauce statusline plugin. Follow these steps exactly.

Step 1: Find the installed plugin path

Run this command to find where the plugin is installed:

ls -td ~/.claude/plugins/cache/claude-code-statusline-alansauce/claude-code-statusline-alansauce/*/ 2>/dev/null | head -1

Save the output path - you'll need it. If no output is returned, the plugin is not installed. Tell the user to run:

/plugin marketplace add weihaog1/claude-code-statusline-alansauce
/plugin install claude-code-statusline-alansauce

Then retry this setup.

Step 2: Verify dependencies

Check that jq, bash, and curl are available:

command -v jq && command -v bash && command -v curl

If jq is missing, tell the user to install it:

• macOS: brew install jq
• Linux (Debian/Ubuntu): sudo apt install jq
• Linux (Fedora): sudo dnf install jq
• Windows (Git Bash): choco install jq or download from https://jqlang.github.io/jq/download/

Step 3: Test the plugin

Run a quick test to make sure the script works:

PLUGIN_DIR=$(ls -td ~/.claude/plugins/cache/claude-code-statusline-alansauce/claude-code-statusline-alansauce/*/ 2>/dev/null | head -1)
echo '{"model":{"display_name":"Test"},"context_window":{"current_usage":{"input_tokens":1000},"context_window_size":200000,"used_percentage":5},"cwd":"'$HOME'"}' | bash "${PLUGIN_DIR}statusline.sh"

You should see two lines of colored output. If you see errors, troubleshoot before proceeding.

Step 4: Update settings.json

Read ~/.claude/settings.json and update (or add) the statusLine key with this value:

{
  "statusLine": {
    "type": "command",
    "command": "bash -c 'bash \"$(ls -td ~/.claude/plugins/cache/claude-code-statusline-alansauce/claude-code-statusline-alansauce/*/ 2>/dev/null | head -1)statusline.sh\"'",
    "padding": 0
  }
}

Use the Edit tool to update ~/.claude/settings.json. Preserve all other existing settings.