git-status-band

A one-line band above the Claude Code prompt that says, in plain language, whether your work is saved and matches GitHub. Read-only: it only runs git status, never changes anything.

| You see | It means | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | | ✓ Everything is saved and matches GitHub | Nothing to do | — | | ● N files have changes that are not saved yet | Edits not committed | /save | | ↑ Saved on this computer, not on GitHub yet | Committed, not pushed | /save | | ↓ GitHub has newer updates | The other account pushed | /start | | ⇅ Both have new work | Needs care | Ask Claude to sort it out |

It refreshes every 15 seconds, after each turn, and when you press Refresh. Hide hides it for the session. "Behind GitHub" is based on the last time git contacted GitHub, so /start (which fetches) is what makes it fully current.

Try it

claude --plugin-dir ./mods/git-status-band

Needs Claude Code 2.1.286 or newer with mods. Validate with claude plugin validate mods/git-status-band using the same version (an older claude on PATH will report false errors).