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Replace the default spinner verbs with something that has a little more personality.\n\n**Before**: \"Thinking...\", \"Processing...\", \"Working...\" 🥱\n\n**After**: \"Paying the iron price...\", \"With fire and blood...\" ⚔️🐉\n\n## Choose Your Integration\n\n- **Using [pi](https://pi.dev)?** → [Pi Integration](#pi-integration)\n- **Using Claude Code?** → [Claude Code Integration](#claude-code-integration)\n- **Browse themes** → [Available Themes](#available-themes)\n\n---\n\n## Pi Integration\n\nIf you use [pi](https://pi.dev), install this as a pi package directly from GitHub:\n\n```shell\npi install npm:@robhowley/spinner-verbs\n```\n\nOr directly from GitHub:\n\n```shell\npi install git:github.com/robhowley/spinner-verbs\n```\n\nThat's it. The extension registers automatically and on the next session start will randomly pick a theme for you.\n\n### Switching Themes with `/verbs`\n\nChange your verb list at any time during a session:\n\n```\n/verbs game-of-thrones\n/verbs doc-emrick\n/verbs random\n/verbs (default)\n```\n\nRun `/verbs` with no argument to get an interactive picker. Use `random` to pick a new random theme, or `(default)` to restore Claude's built-in spinner.\n\n### Auto-configure via `settings.json`\n\nSet your preferred theme once and forget about it. Pi checks both project-local (`.pi/settings.json`) and global (`~/.pi/agent/settings.json`) settings on session start.\n\n**Randomly pick a theme each session (default):**\n\n```json\n{\n  \"spinnerVerbs\": \"random\"\n}\n```\n\n**Use a specific built-in theme by name:**\n\n```json\n{\n  \"spinnerVerbs\": \"game-of-thrones\"\n}\n```\n\n**Point to your own custom verbs file:**\n\n```json\n{\n  \"spinnerVerbsFile\": \"~/my-verbs.json\"\n}\n```\n\nThe path supports three forms and is resolved relative to the `settings.json` file that contains it — not relative to your working directory:\n\n| Form | Example | Resolved as |\n|------|---------|-------------|\n| `~/...` | `~/my-verbs.json` | Expanded from your home directory |\n| `/absolute/...` | `/etc/my-verbs.json` | Used as-is |\n| `relative/...` | `../my-verbs.json` | Relative to the `settings.json` file's directory |\n\nSo if your `.pi/settings.json` contains `\"spinnerVerbsFile\": \"../my-verbs.json\"`, it resolves to `my-verbs.json` in the project root — not wherever you launched pi from.\n\nYour custom file can be a plain JSON array:\n\n```json\n[\"Brewing coffee...\", \"Asking the oracle...\", \"Consulting the void...\"]\n```\n\n**Priority order**: `--verbs` CLI flag → project `.pi/settings.json` → global `~/.pi/agent/settings.json`\n\n---\n\n## Claude Code Integration\n\n### Quick Start\n\nInstall any theme with a single command:\n\n```shell\ncurl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robhowley/spinner-verbs/main/update-spinner-verbs.sh | bash -s game-of-thrones\n```\n\nReplace `game-of-thrones` with any theme name from the [`/spinner-verbs`](./spinner-verbs) directory.\n\n### How It Works\n\nThe script will:\n- Download the specified theme\n- Create `.claude/settings.json` if it doesn't exist\n- Merge the spinner verbs into your existing settings\n\n### Manual Installation\n\nEdit your Claude settings file directly:\n\n```\n~/.claude/settings.json            # global\n[project-root]/.claude/settings.json  # project-specific\n```\n\nAdd the spinner verbs configuration:\n\n```json\n{\n  \"spinnerVerbs\": {\n    \"mode\": \"replace\",\n    \"verbs\": [\n      \"Paying the iron price...\",\n      \"What is dead may never die...\"\n    ]\n  }\n}\n```\n\n**Modes**:\n- `\"replace\"` — swap out the defaults entirely\n- `\"append\"` — add your verbs alongside the defaults\n\n---\n\n## Available Themes\n\n| Theme | Sample                                                        |\n|-------|---------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `game-of-thrones` | Taking the black..., Winter is coming..., By your leave...    |\n| `lord-of-the-rings` | One does not simply..., You shall not pass...\" So it begins... |\n| `action-movie` | Yippee-ki-yay..., I'll be back..., I know kung fu...          |\n| `game-show` | Come on down..., Survey says..., Is that your final answer... |\n| `doc-emrick` | Shunting..., Sliding..., Fiddling...                          |\n| `momentum` | Making moves..., Spinning up..., Getting traction...          |\n\nUse `\"spinnerVerbs\": \"random\"` to have a theme randomly selected from the list above at each session start.\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Frobhowley%2Fspinner-verbs","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Frobhowley%2Fspinner-verbs","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Frobhowley%2Fspinner-verbs/lists"}