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Islebar — Design skill for Claude Code

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A Dynamic Island–style live bar for the Windows 11 taskbar.

How to install Islebar

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open ds3owl/islebar and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Islebar does

A Dynamic Island–style live bar for the Windows 11 taskbar. Replaces the search box: ask a question to launch Claude Code or Codex CLI, then see the agent's status (working / needs you / done + chime). Also now playing, timers & pomodoro, Everything file search, downloads. Free & open source. Not affiliated with Apple.

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README

IsleBar

A Dynamic Island–style live bar for the Windows 11 taskbar.
Ask Claude Code or Codex, find files, and see what is happening — working, needs you, done, music, timers, downloads — right where the search box already is.

IsleBar in the Windows 11 taskbar: Claude working, needs you, done

⬇ Download for Windows 11 · ▶ Watch the film · Features · Install

[!TIP] **Works great with**

Claude Code or Codex CLI — ask from the bar and see working · needs you · done.
Everything (voidtools, free) — press Tab to search every file on your PC instantly.
Any web browser — web search results open there.

IsleBar runs on **Windows 11** (x64), with the taskbar search box shown as a box or an icon.

[!NOTE] **This is an early version (0.1).** It is used daily on the author's PC, but your taskbar setup may differ. If something looks wrong, please [open an issue](../../issues/new/choose) — the installer versi