add-macos-statusbar

by nanocoai 31k MIT Updated Aug 18, 2026
add-macos-statusbar skill by nanocoai
Social preview for nanocoai/nanoclaw

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.

Installation

Add add-macos-statusbar to your agent with:

git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/add-macos-statusbar

Always review a skill's source before installing it. This command comes from the skill's public repository; the linked repo is the source of truth for exact setup steps.

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

When to use it

Reach for add-macos-statusbar when you want productivity help from your agent without writing the same instructions every session. Load the skill and the agent picks it up automatically for relevant tasks.

Strengths

  • Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt
  • Ships in nanocoai/nanoclaw, an established project with 30,542 GitHub stars
  • Actively maintained (recent commits)

Topics

ai-agentsai-assistantclaude-codeclaude-skillsopenclaw

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.
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.

Related skills

More Productivity →

Add clidash — a zero-dependency, read-only web dashboard that derives its tabs and tables at runtime from any CLI that lists resources as JSON. Ships pre-wired for NanoClaw's ncl CLI (agent groups, sessions, channels, users, roles), plus message-activity charts, a log tail, and a read-only file viewer for group skills/CLAUDE.md/profiles.

31k nanocoai MIT

Add a monitoring dashboard to NanoClaw. Installs @nanoco/nanoclaw-dashboard and a pusher that sends periodic JSON snapshots.

31k nanocoai MIT

Add DeltaChat channel integration via @deltachat/stdio-rpc-server. Native adapter — no Chat SDK bridge. Email-based messaging with end-to-end encryption.

31k nanocoai MIT

Add Emacs as a channel. Opens an interactive chat buffer and org-mode integration so you can talk to NanoClaw from within Emacs (Doom, Spacemacs, or vanilla). Local HTTP bridge — no bot token or external service needed.

31k nanocoai MIT