claude-code-spinner-verbs

Claude Code Spinner Verbs Collection

A curated collection of 6,339 spinner verbs for Claude Code. These display in the spinner while Claude is working.

185 built-in defaults + 6,154 additional verbs across 154 themed categories.

How to Add Verbs

Copy the entries you like from the categories below, then paste the following prompt into Claude Code. Every category has a Copy as list dropdown under its table with the same entries as quoted strings, so you can copy a whole category at once.

Claude Code will update your settings.json with the correct spinnerVerbs configuration.

Manual Setup

Prefer to edit the file yourself? Add a top-level spinnerVerbs key to your ~/.claude/settings.json:

Replace the example verbs with any entries you like from the categories below. The Copy as list dropdowns paste straight into the verbs array; add a comma between lists when you combine categories.

Modes

Contributing

Have verbs of your own, or a theme that is missing? Pull requests are welcome, from one extra verb to a whole new category. CONTRIBUTING.md has the format, and a script keeps the counts right for you.

Built-in Default Verbs (185)

These ship with Claude Code — no configuration needed.

Accomplishing, Actioning, Actualizing, Architecting, Baking, Beaming, Beboppin', Befuddling, Billowing, Blanching, Bloviating, Boogieing, Boondoggling, Booping, Bootstrapping, Brewing, Burrowing, Calculating, Canoodling, Caramelizing, Cascading, Catapulting, Cerebrating, Channeling, Channelling, Choreographing, Churning, Clauding, Coalescing, Cogitating, Combobulating, Composing, Computing, Concocting, Considering, Contemplating, Cooking, Crafting, Creating, Crunching, Crystallizing, Cultivating, Deciphering, Deliberating, Determining, Dilly-dallying, Discombobulating, Doing,…