Overview
add-macos-statusbar is an open-source productivity skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by nanocoai. Its author describes it as: “Add a macOS menu bar status indicator for NanoClaw. Shows a bolt icon with a green/red dot indicating whether NanoClaw is running, with Start, Stop, and Restart controls. macOS only.”. The project has 31k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/add-macos-statusbar`.
What add-macos-statusbar does
Adds a persistent menu bar icon that shows NanoClaw's running status and lets the user start, stop, or restart the service — similar to how Docker Desktop appears in the menu bar.
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for add-macos-statusbar is organised into these sections:
- Phase 1: Pre-flight
- Check platform
- Check for swiftc
- Check if already installed
- Phase 2: Compile and Install
- Compile the Swift binary
- Create the launchd plist
- Load the service
- Phase 3: Verify
Installation
Add add-macos-statusbar to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/add-macos-statusbarReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — declared in the repository topics
License
add-macos-statusbar is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in nanocoai/nanoclaw, an established project with 30,542 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does add-macos-statusbar do?
- Add a macOS menu bar status indicator for NanoClaw. Shows a bolt icon with a green/red dot indicating whether NanoClaw is running, with Start, Stop, and Restart controls. macOS only.
- How do I install add-macos-statusbar?
- Run git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/add-macos-statusbar in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw before installing.
- Is add-macos-statusbar free to use?
- Yes. add-macos-statusbar is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does add-macos-statusbar work with?
- add-macos-statusbar lists Claude Code — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does add-macos-statusbar come from?
- add-macos-statusbar ships inside nanocoai/nanoclaw, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 30,542 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.