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skinforge

Terminal skins for Claude Code: color themes plus a banner, spinner and finish sound per theme. Ships Cyberpunk Neon and the four Catppuccin flavors.

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v0.1.0MITupdated 2026-10-22sanjesh17/skinforge
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skinforge

Terminal skins for Claude Code. Each skin is a color theme plus its own prompt banner, spinner animation and finish sound, and the extras switch on and off with the theme you pick in /theme.

Skins

SkinBannerSpinnerSound
Cyberpunk NeonASCII NEON logoneon colors, glitchy letterschiptune arpeggio
Catppuccin Latte, Frappé, Macchiato, MochaASCII catthe flavor's pastel palettesoft chime

Any other theme keeps Claude Code's normal spinner and prompt.

Install

/plugin install skinforge --marketplace sanjesh17/skinforge

Then pick a skin with /theme. Themes load when a session starts, so restart after installing.

The /skin command

/skin glitch|scan|pulse   spinner preset
/skin band on|off         prompt banner
/skin sound on|off        finish sound

Settings last for the session. The default preset is glitch.

Adding a skin

  1. Add a theme file to themes/ (see the existing ones for the token list).
  2. Add an entry to SKINS in hooks/register.tsx: a pattern that matches the theme name, a palette, a banner, a sound and a pulse glyph set.

Notes

The theme files use the plugin themes key, which is marked experimental and may change. The spinner, banner and sound are Claude Code mod hooks and need a version with mod support. The finish sound uses afplay, so it plays on macOS only.

Source 2 files
hooks/register.tsx 243 lines
1import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
2import type { Elements, Register, Timer } from 'claude-code'
3
4import type { Preset } from '../types'
5
6type Skin = {
7  tag: string
8  palette: string[]
9  logo: string[]
10  sound: string
11  isGlitchy: boolean
12  pulse: string
13}
14
15const staticText = {
16  unknown: 'Usage: /skin glitch|scan|pulse, /skin band on|off, /skin sound on|off',
17  preset: 'Spinner preset: ',
18  band: 'Prompt band ',
19  sound: 'Finish sound ',
20}
21
22const CAT_LOGO = [' /\\_/\\ ', '( o.o )', ' > ^ < ']
23const CYBER_LOGO = ['╔╗╔ ╔═╗ ╔═╗ ╔╗╔', '║║║ ║╣  ║ ║ ║║║', '╝╚╝ ╚═╝ ╚═╝ ╝╚╝']
24const CYBER: Skin = {
25  tag: '//GRID',
26  palette: ['#ff2a6d', '#05d9e8', '#f9f002', '#b967ff', '#00ff9f'],
27  logo: CYBER_LOGO,
28  sound: 'sounds/done.wav',
29  isGlitchy: true,
30  pulse: '◢◣◤◥',
31}
32const catppuccin = (tag: string, palette: string[]): Skin => ({
33  tag,
34  palette,
35  logo: CAT_LOGO,
36  sound: 'sounds/chime.wav',
37  isGlitchy: false,
38  pulse: '·•●•',
39})
40
41// mauve, pink, sapphire, green, peach, lavender
42const SKINS: { match: RegExp; skin: Skin }[] = [
43  { match: /cyber/i, skin: CYBER },
44  { match: /latte/i, skin: catppuccin('latte', ['#8839ef', '#ea76cb', '#209fb5', '#40a02b', '#fe640b', '#7287fd']) },
45  { match: /frapp/i, skin: catppuccin('frappe', ['#ca9ee6', '#f4b8e4', '#85c1dc', '#a6d189', '#ef9f76', '#babbf1']) },
46  { match: /macchiato/i, skin: catppuccin('macchiato', ['#c6a0f6', '#f5bde6', '#7dc4e4', '#a6da95', '#f5a97f', '#b7bdf8']) },
47  { match: /mocha/i, skin: catppuccin('mocha', ['#cba6f7', '#f5c2e7', '#74c7ec', '#a6e3a1', '#fab387', '#b4befe']) },
48]
49
50const GLITCH_CHARS = '▓▒░█▌▐/\\#@%'
51const SCAN = ['▁', '▂', '▃', '▄', '▅', '▆', '▇', '█', '▇', '▆', '▅', '▄', '▃', '▂']
52const PRESETS: Preset[] = ['glitch', 'scan', 'pulse']
53const FRAME_MS = 120
54const MIN_SOUND_MS = 10_000
55const TIME_LENGTH = 8
56
57const frame = atom({ plugin: 'skinforge', key: 'frame' } as const, 0)
58const preset = atom({ plugin: 'skinforge', key: 'preset' } as const, 'glitch')
59const isBandOn = atom({ plugin: 'skinforge', key: 'isBandOn' } as const, true)
60const theme = atom({ plugin: 'skinforge', key: 'theme' } as const, '')
61const spinnerText = atom({ plugin: 'skinforge', key: 'spinnerText' } as const, '')
62const isSoundOn = atom({ plugin: 'skinforge', key: 'isSoundOn' } as const, true)
63
64const skinFor = (value: string): Skin | null =>
65  SKINS.find(({ match }) => match.test(value))?.skin ?? null
66
67const glitchChar = (char: string, i: number, n: number): string =>
68  (n * 7 + i * 13) % 23 === 0 && char !== ' '
69    ? (GLITCH_CHARS[(n + i) % GLITCH_CHARS.length] ?? char)
70    : char
71
72const spinnerTree = (
73  { Box, Text }: Pick<Elements['terminal'], 'Box' | 'Text'>,
74  skin: Skin,
75  n: number,
76  style: Preset,
77  word: string,
78  suffix: string,
79) => {
80  const { palette } = skin
81
82  if (style === 'scan') {
83    const bar = [0, 1, 2].map(i => SCAN[(n + i * 3) % SCAN.length]).join('')
84    return (
85      <Box>
86        <Text color={palette[2]}>{bar} </Text>
87        <Text color={palette[0]} bold>{word}</Text>
88        <Text color={palette[2]}>{suffix}</Text>
89      </Box>
90    )
91  }
92
93  if (style === 'pulse') {
94    const color = palette[Math.floor(n / 4) % palette.length]
95    return (
96      <Box>
97        <Text color={color} bold={n % 8 < 4} dimColor={n % 8 >= 6}>
98          {skin.pulse[n % skin.pulse.length]} {word}{suffix}
99        </Text>
100      </Box>
101    )
102  }
103
104  return (
105    <Box>
106      <Text color={palette[1]}>▌</Text>
107      {[...word].map((char, i) => (
108        <Text color={palette[(i + n) % palette.length]} bold>
109          {skin.isGlitchy ? glitchChar(char, i, n) : char}
110        </Text>
111      ))}
112      <Text color={palette[2]}>{suffix}▐</Text>
113    </Box>
114  )
115}
116
117const toggle = (word: string): boolean | null =>
118  word === 'on' ? true : word === 'off' ? false : null
119
120export const register: Register = on => {
121  let timer: Timer | null = null
122  let depth = 0
123  let startedAt = 0
124
125  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
126    const rows = await $.config.list()
127    const current = rows.find(row => row.key === 'theme')
128    await update($, theme, () => String(current?.value ?? ''))
129    await $.command.register({
130      name: 'skin',
131      description: 'Theme skin: spinner preset, prompt banner, finish sound',
132    })
133
134    return next(e)
135  })
136
137  on('config.set', { key: 'theme' }, async ($, e, next) => {
138    const result = await next(e)
139    await update($, theme, () => String(e.value))
140
141    return result
142  })
143
144  on('command.run', { command: 'skin' }, async ($, e) => {
145    const [first = '', second = ''] = e.args.trim().toLowerCase().split(/\s+/)
146    const flag = toggle(second)
147
148    if (PRESETS.includes(first as Preset)) {
149      await update($, preset, () => first as Preset)
150      return { text: staticText.preset + first }
151    }
152    if (first === 'band' && flag !== null) {
153      await update($, isBandOn, () => flag)
154      return { text: staticText.band + second }
155    }
156    if (first === 'sound' && flag !== null) {
157      await update($, isSoundOn, () => flag)
158      return { text: staticText.sound + second }
159    }
160
161    return { text: staticText.unknown }
162  })
163
164  on('turn.start', async ($, e, next) => {
165    if (depth === 0) {
166      startedAt = await $.clock.now()
167      if (skinFor(await read($, theme))) {
168        timer = $.clock.every(FRAME_MS, () => {
169          void update($, frame, n => n + 1)
170        })
171      }
172    }
173    depth += 1
174
175    return next(e)
176  })
177
178  on('turn.complete', async ($, e, next) => {
179    depth = Math.max(0, depth - 1)
180    if (depth === 0) {
181      timer?.cancel()
182      timer = null
183      const skin = skinFor(await read($, theme))
184      const elapsed = (await $.clock.now()) - startedAt
185      if (skin && elapsed >= MIN_SOUND_MS && (await read($, isSoundOn))) {
186        void $.audio.play({ asset: skin.sound })
187      }
188    }
189
190    return next(e)
191  })
192
193  on('ui.render', { component: 'Spinner' }, async ($, e, next) => {
194    const skin = skinFor(await read($, theme))
195    if (!skin) {
196      return next(e)
197    }
198
199    const word = e.props.message ?? e.props.word
200    const ui = $.ui.resolve(e)
201
202    if (await read($, isBandOn)) {
203      // the banner draws the spinner under itself; keep it current from here
204      const text = word + e.props.suffix
205      if (text !== (await read($, spinnerText))) {
206        void update($, spinnerText, () => text)
207      }
208      return <ui.Box />
209    }
210
211    return spinnerTree(ui, skin, await read($, frame), await read($, preset), word, e.props.suffix)
212  })
213
214  on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
215    const skin = skinFor(await read($, theme))
216    if (e.props.hasSurvey || !skin || !(await read($, isBandOn))) {
217      return next(e)
218    }
219
220    const ui = $.ui.resolve(e)
221    const { Box, Text } = ui
222    const n = await read($, frame)
223    const time = new Date(await $.clock.now()).toTimeString().slice(0, TIME_LENGTH)
224    const style = await read($, preset)
225    const info = `  ${skin.tag}  ${time}  ${style}  ${SCAN[n % SCAN.length]}`
226
227    const working = e.props.isWorking
228      ? spinnerTree(ui, skin, n, style, await read($, spinnerText), '')
229      : null
230
231    return (
232      <Box flexDirection="column" paddingTop={1}>
233        {skin.logo.map((line, i) => (
234          <Text color={skin.palette[(i + Math.floor(n / 3)) % skin.palette.length]} bold>
235            {i === 1 ? line + info : line}
236          </Text>
237        ))}
238        {working}
239      </Box>
240    )
241  })
242}
243
types/index.d.ts 15 lines
1export type Preset = 'glitch' | 'scan' | 'pulse'
2
3declare module 'claude-code' {
4  interface PluginState {
5    'skinforge': {
6      frame: number
7      preset: Preset
8      isBandOn: boolean
9      isSoundOn: boolean
10      theme: string
11      spinnerText: string
12    }
13  }
14}
15