add-macos-statusbar
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.
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Apr 18, 2026
✦overview.md
Key Features
- ·Shows NanoClaw running status with bolt icon and color indicator
- ·Provides Start, Stop, and Restart controls from menu bar
- ·Compiles to native Swift binary for macOS
- ·Installs as persistent launch agent
- ·Similar to Docker Desktop's menu bar presence
Use Cases
- →Monitoring NanoClaw service status without opening terminal
- →Quickly restarting NanoClaw when debugging issues
- →Managing NanoClaw service lifecycle from menu bar
- →Keeping NanoClaw status visible during development work
Best for
- ✓macOS developers using NanoClaw
- ✓Teams needing service status visibility
Not ideal for
- !Non-macOS systems
- !Environments without Xcode Command Line Tools
FAQs
name
add-macos-statusbar
description
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.
Add macOS Menu Bar Status Indicator
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.
macOS only. Requires Xcode Command Line Tools (swiftc).
Phase 1: Pre-flight
Check platform
If not on macOS, stop and tell the user:
This skill is macOS only. The menu bar status indicator uses AppKit and requires
swiftc(Xcode Command Line Tools).
Check for swiftc
which swiftc
If not found, tell the user:
Xcode Command Line Tools are required. Install them by running:
xcode-select --installThen re-run
/add-macos-statusbar.
Check if already installed
launchctl list | grep com.nanoclaw.statusbar
If it returns a PID (not -), tell the user it's already installed and skip to Phase 3 (Verify).
Phase 2: Compile and Install
Compile the Swift binary
The source lives in the skill directory. Compile it into dist/:
mkdir -p dist
swiftc -O -o dist/statusbar "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/add/src/statusbar.swift"
This produces a small native binary at dist/statusbar.
$install
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