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Ampline Claude — Development skill for Claude Code

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An amplified color-graded, zero-dependency statusline for Claude Code.

How to install Ampline Claude

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open carterptull/ampline-claude and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Ampline Claude does

An amplified color-graded, zero-dependency statusline for Claude Code.

Alternatives in Development

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Theme Color Conventions — Extensions in this repo use a consistent color language mapped to Pi's theme tokens 526 ★

README

ampline-claude

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**Amplify your statusline.** ampline-claude is a color-graded, zero-dependency statusline for Claude Code, built by Paymon Software. Its signature feature is a continuous 20-step color wheel across the model and effort space. No other Claude Code statusline shows you what's running and how hard, in color, at a glance, on one line.

![ampline-claude preview](https://github.com/carterptull/ampline-claude/raw/main/preview.png)

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What it shows
The color wheel
Configuration
How it works
FAQ
Known limitations

Quickstart

npx ampline-claude --install

That's it. It installs itself into `~/.claude/settings.json` and copies its runtime to `~/.claude/hooks/ampline-claude/`. Restart Claude Code or start a new session to see it.

The bare `npx ampline-claude` also installs, but only from an interactive terminal. Use `--install` in scripts, in CI, or any time you are not sure. It works everywhere.

Manual install (editing settings.json yourself)

Run `npx ampline-claude --install` once anyway. That's what copies the runtime to a stable location. Then, if you'd rather manage the config yourself, add entries shaped like this to `~/.claude/settings.json`, using **your own absolute path** (shown below as a placeholder,