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Install themed spinner verb packs for Claude Code. Fetches spinner packs directly from the awesome-claude-spinners repository and installs them into the user's settings. Use when the user wants to customize their Claude Code spinner, install spinner verbs, or change spinner themes.
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npx skill4agent add alexpl292/awesome-claude-spinners install-spinnerTags
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Install themed spinner verb packs for Claude Code from the
awesome-claude-spinners repository.
Install a Pack
- Fetch the list of available spinner packs from GitHub:
https://api.github.com/repos/alexpl292/awesome-claude-spinners/contents/spinnersParse the JSON response to get the list of files. Extract the pack names by removing the extension.
.json.json- Present the packs to the user in a table with three columns: Pack name, a short description, and a couple of example verbs. Use this reference:
| Pack | Description | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| 90s-kid | 90s nostalgia | "Dialing up the internet", "Blowing into the cartridge" |
| blue-collar-dev | Trades & construction humor | "Hammering out code", "Duct-taping that together" |
| borat | Borat Sagdiyev | "Very nice! Great success-ing", "High five-ing the compiler" |
| cat | Cat-themed | "Knocking things off the table", "Napping on the keyboard" |
| chaos | Absurdist & chaotic humor | "Flipping the table", "Sacrificing a semicolon" |
| coffee | Coffee & food themed | "Brewing a fresh pot", "Letting it simmer" |
| corporate | Corporate buzzwords & jargon | "Synergizing", "Circling back" |
| cowboy | Wild West & frontier | "Lassoing the solution", "Riding into the sunset" |
| darth-vader | Star Wars' Sith Lord | "Finding your lack of tests disturbing", "Force-pushing to the remote" |
| detective | Noir detective style | "Following the trail", "Cracking the case" |
| developer | Programming & dev culture | "Deploying to prod on Friday", "Rewriting in Rust" |
| gardening | Gardening & growing | "Planting the seed", "Pulling the weeds" |
| gym-bro | Gym & fitness culture | "Crushing the set", "Going beast mode" |
| honest-no-filter | Brutally honest dev thoughts | "Making it worse first", "Hoping this compiles" |
| meme | Internet memes & viral phrases | "Yeeting the bugs", "Going sicko mode" |
| michael-scott | The Office's Michael Scott | "Declaring bankruptcy on the old code", "Somehow managing" |
| motivational | Hype & motivational phrases | "Absolutely crushing it", "Leveling up" |
| ninja | Ninja & stealth | "Moving through the shadows", "Striking silently" |
| ocean | Ocean & underwater | "Diving into the deep end", "Surfing the data waves" |
| philosophical | Deep thoughts & philosophy | "Pondering existence", "Contemplating the void" |
| pirate | Pirate speak | "Plundering the codebase", "Sailing the seven repos" |
| retro-gaming | Retro gaming references | "Inserting coin", "Loading save file" |
| sarcastic-ai | Self-aware AI humor | "Hallucinating responsibly", "Confidently guessing" |
| sf-entrepreneur | San Francisco tech scene | "Grabbing a Blue Bottle coffee", "Cold-emailing a16z" |
| shakespeare | Shakespearean & old English | "Prithee, a moment", "Once more unto the breach" |
| space | Space & sci-fi | "Initiating hyperdrive", "Scanning the sector" |
| startup | Startup culture | "Disrupting the industry", "Iterating on the MVP" |
| superhero | Superhero themed | "Suiting up", "Saving the day" |
| the-dude | Big Lebowski's The Dude | "Abiding", "Sipping a White Russian" |
| therapist | Therapy speak & self-care | "Holding space for the code", "Unpacking that" |
| time-traveler | Time travel & paradoxes | "Firing up the flux capacitor", "Rewriting the timeline" |
| vibecoder | Vibe coding culture | "Letting the AI cook", "Shipping on good vibes" |
| vim | Vim editor enthusiasts | "Exiting vim (attempting)", "Yanking the line" |
| walter-white | Breaking Bad's Heisenberg | "Being the one who codes", "Going full Heisenberg" |
| wholesome | Wholesome & cozy vibes | "Watering the plants", "Believing in you" |
| wizard | Fantasy & magic themed | "Casting a spell", "Consulting the ancient scrolls" |
| yoda | Star Wars' Jedi Master | "Reading the code, I am", "Trying not, doing" |
| zombie | Zombie apocalypse survival | "Reanimating dead code", "Double-tapping the bug" |
| bob-ross | Happy little accidents | "Adding a happy little function", "No mistakes, just features" |
| gordon-ramsay | Angry chef yelling at code | "This code is RAW", "WHERE'S THE ERROR HANDLING" |
| jack-sparrow | Chaotic pirate captain | "This is the day you almost caught a bug", "Why is the rum gone" |
| panicker | Pure dev anxiety | "OH NO OH NO OH NO", "Everything is on fire" |
| sherlock-holmes | Deductive reasoning | "Eliminating the impossible", "The game is afoot" |
If a pack exists in the fetched list but is not in this table, still show it (with no description).
Ask the user to pick one.
- Once the user picks a pack, fetch its contents from:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alexpl292/awesome-claude-spinners/main/spinners/<pack-name>.json-
Read the user'sfile.
~/.claude/settings.json -
Copy thefield from the fetched spinner JSON into
spinnerVerbs. If the~/.claude/settings.jsonfield already exists inspinnerVerbs, replace its value. If it doesn't exist, create it.settings.json
IMPORTANT: Do not modify any other fields in . Only change .
settings.jsonspinnerVerbs- After successful installation, print:
Spinner pack "<pack-name>" installed successfully!
No need to restart Claude Code — the new spinners are active immediately.Remove Spinners
If the user asks to remove or reset spinners, read and delete the field entirely. Do not modify any other fields. After removal, print:
~/.claude/settings.jsonspinnerVerbsSpinner pack removed. Default spinners are back.
No need to restart Claude Code — the change takes effect immediately.