spinnerverb

Interactive TUI to customize Claude Code spinner verbs.

npx spinnerverb

What it does

Claude Code shows animated verbs while working ("Thinking", "Reasoning", "Pondering", etc.). This tool lets you customize them through an interactive terminal UI.

• Append your verbs alongside the defaults, or replace them entirely
• Edit globally (~/.claude/settings.json) or per-project (.claude/settings.json)
• Add, edit, delete, and clear verbs with instant save

Screenshots

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Scope: Global (~/.claude)  │  ~/.claude/settings.json

╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ APPEND — your verbs are added alongside the defaults │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
▶ Mode: append
  ───
  Vibing
  Manifesting
  Yapping
  ───
  + Add verb
  Clear all verbs

↑↓/jk navigate  enter select/edit  d delete  q quit

Controls

Key	Action
↑↓ / jk	Navigate
Enter / Space	Select / edit
d	Delete verb
q / Esc	Quit

How it works

Reads and writes the spinnerVerbs field in your Claude Code settings.json:

{
  "spinnerVerbs": {
    "mode": "append",
    "verbs": ["Vibing", "Manifesting", "Yapping"]
  }
}

• "append" — your verbs are added to Claude Code's built-in set
• "replace" — only your verbs are used

Settings file locations

Scope	File	Committed
Global	~/.claude/settings.json	N/A
Project	.claude/settings.json	Yes
Project (local)	.claude/settings.local.json	No

License

MIT