Status line

One line with what matters while you work:

the-atlas | 🌿 (main) | 🟢 ████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 12% | $0.00 | +10 -2 | 🤖 groq/llama-3.3-70b-versatile 980/1000

Part	Meaning
`the-atlas`	Repository (or folder) name
`(main)`	Current git branch
Bar and `12%`	How full the model’s context window is; green to red
`$0.00`	Estimated cost of the session (free models cost 0)
`+10 -2`	Uncommitted lines added and removed (`git diff HEAD`)
Model	The model that answered last, with its remaining free requests

Where emoji cannot be drawn, text markers are used instead: br:, OK / MID / HOT / MAX, ai:, and # . for the bar.

In the Atlas chat

The status line is always on, under the input box. It is replaced by the menu while you type / or @.

In Claude Code

Claude Code can show the same line at the bottom of its screen:

atlas statusline --install claude

The Atlas shows the change, asks for confirmation (-y skips it), backs up your settings file, and sets:

{
  "statusLine": { "type": "command", "command": "atlas statusline", "padding": 0 }
}

in ~/.claude/settings.json (or $CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR/settings.json). Restart Claude Code to see it. If you already had a status line, The Atlas shows it before replacing it; the backup file keeps it.

In Claude Code the line shows Claude’s model, session cost, lines changed and context usage, all taken from the JSON Claude Code sends.

Remove it

Delete the statusLine entry from ~/.claude/settings.json, or restore the backup (settings.json.atlas-backup-<date>) next to it.

Test it by hand

atlas statusline reads Claude Code’s JSON on stdin and prints one line:

echo '{"model":{"display_name":"Opus"},"cost":{"total_cost_usd":0.42}}' | atlas statusline