Spinner Verbs Skill — Development skill for Claude Code

Spinner Verbs Skill for Claude Code

A Claude Code skill that helps you create deeply personalized spinner verbs drawn from your own life — your profession, hobbies, favorite books/movies/music, cultural background, inside jokes, and personal philosophy.

What Are Spinner Verbs?

Claude Code displays rotating "spinner verbs" while it's working (e.g., "Thinking...", "Processing..."). These can be customized in your `~/.claude/settings.json` file to show personalized messages that make you smile every time one scrolls by.

Instead of generic messages, imagine seeing:

• Maillard-reacting (if you love cooking)
• GNU-Terry-Pratchetting (if you're a Discworld fan)
• Rubber-duck-debugging (if you're a developer)
• Sunday-pancake-making (if that's your family tradition)

Installation

1. Install the Skill

# Create the skills directory if it doesn't exist
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/spinner-verbs

# Download the skill file
curl -o ~/.claude/skills/spinner-verbs/SKILL.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/n-pillai/spinner-verbs-skill/master/SKILL.md

**Windows (PowerShell):**

# Create the skills directory if it doesn't exist
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path "$env:USERPROFILE\.claude\skills\spinner-verbs"

# Download the skill file
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/n-pillai/spinner-verbs-skill/master/SKILL.md" -OutFile "$env:USERPROFILE\.claude\skills\spinner-verbs\SKILL.md"

2. Use the Skill

Once installed, you can invoke it in Claude Code:

/spinner-verbs

Or just ask Claude Code to help you personalize your spinner verbs, and it will automatically use this skill.

The skill will guide you through an interactive interview process to create spinner verbs based on:

• Your profession and work life
• Hobbies and interests
• Favorite books, movies, TV shows, music
• Cultural background and heritage
• Family life and traditions
• Personal philosophy and mindset frameworks
• And much m