# Claude Code: The Spinner

The rotating words and tips shown under Claude Code's spinner. Extracted from `~/.local/share/claude/versions/2.1.121`.

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## Spinner words

| # | Verb | # | Verb | # | Verb | # | Verb |
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| 1 | Accomplishing | 48 | Discombobulating | 95 | Levitating | 142 | Sketching |
| 2 | Actioning | 49 | Doing | 96 | Lollygagging | 143 | Slithering |
| 3 | Actualizing | 50 | Doodling | 97 | Manifesting | 144 | Smooshing |
| 4 | Architecting | 51 | Drizzling | 98 | Marinating | 145 | Sock-hopping |
| 5 | Baking | 52 | Ebbing | 99 | Meandering | 146 | Spelunking |
| 6 | Beaming | 53 | Effecting | 100 | Metamorphosing | 147 | Spinning |
| 7 | Beboppin' | 54 | Elucidating | 101 | Misting | 148 | Sprouting |
| 8 | Befuddling | 55 | Embellishing | 102 | Moonwalking | 149 | Stewing |
| 9 | Billowing | 56 | Enchanting | 103 | Moseying | 150 | Sublimating |
| 10 | Blanching | 57 | Envisioning | 104 | Mulling | 151 | Swirling |
| 11 | Bloviating | 58 | Evaporating | 105 | Mustering | 152 | Swooping |
| 12 | Boogieing | 59 | Fermenting | 106 | Musing | 153 | Symbioting |
| 13 | Boondoggling | 60 | Fiddle-faddling | 107 | Nebulizing | 154 | Synthesizing |
| 14 | Booping | 61 | Finagling | 108 | Nesting | 155 | Tempering |
| 15 | Bootstrapping | 62 | Flambéing | 109 | Newspapering | 156 | Thinking |
| 16 | Brewing | 63 | Flibbertigibbeting | 110 | Noodling | 157 | Thundering |
| 17 | Bunning | 64 | Flowing | 111 | Nucleating | 158 | Tinkering |
| 18 | Burrowing | 65 | Flummoxing | 112 | Orbiting | 159 | Tomfoolering |
| 19 | Calculating | 66 | Fluttering | 113 | Orchestrating | 160 | Topsy-turvying |
| 20 | Canoodling | 67 | Forging | 114 | Osmosing | 161 | Transfiguring |
| 21 | Caramelizing | 68 | Forming | 115 | Perambulating | 162 | Transmuting |
| 22 | Cascading | 69 | Frolicking | 116 | Percolating | 163 | Twisting |
| 23 | Catapulting | 70 | Frosting | 117 | Perusing | 164 | Undulating |
| 24 | Cerebrating | 71 | Gallivanting | 118 | Philosophising | 165 | Unfurling |
| 25 | Channeling | 72 | Galloping | 119 | Photosynthesizing | 166 | Unravelling |
| 26 | Channelling | 73 | Garnishing | 120 | Pollinating | 167 | Vibing |
| 27 | Choreographing | 74 | Generating | 121 | Pondering | 168 | Waddling |
| 28 | Churning | 75 | Gesticulating | 122 | Pontificating | 169 | Wandering |
| 29 | Clauding | 76 | Germinating | 123 | Pouncing | 170 | Warping |
| 30 | Coalescing | 77 | Gitifying | 124 | Precipitating | 171 | Whatchamacalliting |
| 31 | Cogitating | 78 | Grooving | 125 | Prestidigitating | 172 | Whirlpooling |
| 32 | Combobulating | 79 | Gusting | 126 | Processing | 173 | Whirring |
| 33 | Composing | 80 | Harmonizing | 127 | Proofing | 174 | Whisking |
| 34 | Computing | 81 | Hashing | 128 | Propagating | 175 | Wibbling |
| 35 | Concocting | 82 | Hatching | 129 | Puttering | 176 | Working |
| 36 | Considering | 83 | Herding | 130 | Puzzling | 177 | Wrangling |
| 37 | Contemplating | 84 | Honking | 131 | Quantumizing | 178 | Zesting |
| 38 | Cooking | 85 | Hullaballooing | 132 | Razzle-dazzling | 179 | Zigzagging |
| 39 | Crafting | 86 | Hyperspacing | 133 | Razzmatazzing | | |
| 40 | Creating | 87 | Ideating | 134 | Recombobulating | | |
| 41 | Crunching | 88 | Imagining | 135 | Reticulating | | |
| 42 | Crystallizing | 89 | Improvising | 136 | Roosting | | |
| 43 | Cultivating | 90 | Incubating | 137 | Ruminating | | |
| 44 | Deciphering | 91 | Inferring | 138 | Sautéing | | |
| 45 | Deliberating | 92 | Infusing | 139 | Scampering | | |
| 46 | Determining | 93 | Ionizing | 140 | Schlepping | | |
| 47 | Dilly-dallying | 94 | Jitterbugging | 141 | Scurrying | | |

## Tips

| ID | Text |
|---|---|
| new-user-warmup | Start with small features or bug fixes, tell Claude to propose a plan, and verify its suggested edits |
| default-permission-mode-config | Use /config to change your default permission mode (including Plan Mode) |
| git-worktrees | Use git worktrees to run multiple Claude sessions in parallel. |
| color-when-multi-clauding | Running multiple Claude sessions? Use /color and /rename to tell them apart at a glance. |
| memory-command | Use /memory to view and manage Claude memory |
| theme-command | Use /theme to change the color theme |
| colorterm-truecolor | Try setting environment variable COLORTERM=truecolor for richer colors |
| powershell-tool-env | Set CLAUDE_CODE_USE_POWERSHELL_TOOL=1 to enable the PowerShell tool (preview) |
| status-line | Use /statusline to set up a custom status line that will display beneath the input box |
| prompt-queue | Hit Enter to queue up additional messages while Claude is working. |
| enter-to-steer-in-relatime | Send messages to Claude while it works to steer Claude in real-time |
| todo-list | Ask Claude to create a todo list when working on complex tasks to track progress and remain on track |
| ide-upsell-external-terminal | Connect Claude to your IDE · /ide |
| install-github-app | Run /install-github-app to tag @claude right from your Github issues and PRs |
| install-slack-app | Run /install-slack-app to use Claude in Slack |
| permissions | Use /permissions to pre-approve and pre-deny bash, edit, and MCP tools |
| drag-and-drop-images | Did you know you can drag and drop image files into your terminal? |
| paste-images-mac | Paste images into Claude Code using control+v (not cmd+v!) |
| double-esc | Double-tap esc to rewind the conversation to a previous point in time |
| double-esc-code-restore | Double-tap esc to rewind the code and/or conversation to a previous point in time |
| continue | Run claude --continue or claude --resume to resume a conversation |
| rename-conversation | Name your conversations with /rename to find them easily in /resume later |
| custom-commands | Create skills by adding .md files to .claude/skills/ in your project or ~/.claude/skills/ for skills that work in any project |
| custom-agents | Use /agents to optimize specific tasks. Eg. Software Architect, Code Writer, Code Reviewer |
| agent-flag | Use --agent <agent_name> to directly start a conversation with a subagent |
| desktop-app | Run Claude Code locally or remotely using the Claude desktop app: clau.de/desktop |
| web-app | Run tasks in the cloud while you keep coding locally · clau.de/web |
| voice-mode | Use /voice to enable push-to-talk dictation |
| no-flicker | Try flicker-free rendering, now with mouse support · /tui fullscreen |
| team-artifacts | Surfaces team artifact suggestions from team-discovery state |
| plan-mode-for-complex-tasks | Use Plan Mode to prepare for a complex request before making changes. Press &lt;cycle-mode key&gt; |
| terminal-setup | Run /terminal-setup to enable convenient terminal integration like Option+Enter for new line and more |
| shift-enter | Press Option+Enter (Apple Terminal) or Shift+Enter to send a multi-line message |
| shift-enter-setup | Run /terminal-setup to enable Option+Enter (Apple Terminal) or Shift+Enter for new lines |
| vscode-command-install | Open the Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P) and run "Shell Command: Install '&lt;editor&gt;' command in PATH" to enable IDE integration |
| shift-tab | Hit &lt;cycle-mode key&gt; to switch chat modes |
| image-paste | Use &lt;image-paste key&gt; to paste images |
| desktop-shortcut | Continue your session in Claude Code Desktop with &lt;suggested shortcut&gt; |
| remote-control | Pair this session to your phone via remote control |
| push-notif | Get pinged on your phone when long tasks finish — enable push notifications in &lt;settings menu&gt; |
| opusplan-mode-reminder | Your default model setting is Opus Plan Mode. Press &lt;cycle-mode key&gt; |
| frontend-design-plugin | Working with HTML/CSS? Install the frontend-design plugin |
