skAIld · in the terminal
The status line is the tell. Disciplined sessions look like this.
skAIld ships a live status line with every install. One row of glyphs, rendered on every prompt, telling you exactly what Claude is doing with your repo, your context, your plan limits, and your money — before any of them surprise you.
claude — skilltree
skAIld skilltree main Fable 5 ctx 53% ◆ xhigh 5h 15% · 7d 49% $722.19 +3619/−206
Every glyph is live telemetry, not decoration.
What each one of those things does
No dashboards, no tab-switching. The answer to “wait, what is Claude actually doing?” sits under your prompt the whole session.
skAIldThe wordmark. skAIld is installed and on duty in this session.
skilltreeThe repo you're standing in. When you run several projects and worktrees at once, this is what stops you from shipping to the wrong one.
mainThe live git branch. Flips the instant you (or Claude) switch — no more discovering you were on the wrong branch three commits in.
Fable 5The model actually answering. The resolved model, not the alias you typed. skAIld also compares it against what your installed build was tuned for, and offers the one-line update when a newer model ships.
ctx 53%Context window used. See compaction coming instead of getting ambushed by it mid-task.
◆ xhighCurrent reasoning effort. Know whether you're paying for deep thinking or quick passes — and that the setting stuck.
5h 15% · 7d 49%Your plan's rolling usage windows. The 5-hour and 7-day meters — the difference between planning your day and hitting a rate limit at the worst possible moment.
$722.19Running session cost. In API-equivalent dollars. Big refactors have a price tag; now it's printed on them.
+3619/−206Lines added / removed this session. The size of the change you're carrying, at a glance — and a prompt to ship before it gets bigger.
serving: … prod 2.46Project extras. Wire in your own segments — teams run things like the docroot currently being served locally and the version actually live in production, read from the real server every render.
And it says hello before you type a word
Every new session opens with a health check and the full workflow menu — branch state, worktrees, plugins, agents — then asks what you want to do. No memorizing commands; the discipline is on screen.
skAIldsession readySat Aug 22 · 16:34
branchcodex/fix-cost-source-resolution ● dirtyworktrees11 activeplugins● all installedagents● on
Plan
/start-planningPlan complex work. Brainstorms with you first, then writes a real implementation plan — before a single line changes.
/quick-planLightweight 1–3 file changes. Full discipline, small dose.
Build
/start-codingExecute a plan with TDD discipline. Tests first, isolated worktree, no cowboy commits to main.
/create-prThe full PR workflow. Diff check, scoped tests, then the PR — in that order, every time.
/review-prReview a PR end-to-end with a separate reviewer that never grades its own homework.
/merge-approvedBatch-merge approved PRs — only ones with a real, pinned approval.
/serve-worktreeServe a worktree branch locally so you can click through the change before anyone else does.
Ship
/pre-deployThe deploy gate. All tests, migration audit, release ceremony — runs LAST, blocks what isn't ready.
/light-deploySmall-batch gate for low-risk changes: migration audit plus core smoke tests.
/hotfixUrgent patch off the prod base. Cherry-pick, gate, ship — without dragging unreleased work along.
/handoffBuild a resume doc so the next session (or the next person) starts warm.
/close-sessionSave memory and wrap up. What was learned stays learned.
Make Claude build like a pro
Plan before it codes. Check its own work. Ship safely.
Works in Claude Code and the Claude Desktop app.