Fun Claude Spinner Verbs

Small things can make your AI system genuinely more enjoyable to use. The main reason I wanted to do this was to make development feel fun and personal — not just productive.

Claude Code shows a little word while it thinks — "Analyzing...", "Considering..." — and you can swap these out with anything. That's it. It's a tiny thing. But when Rajinikanth is narrating your build or the Bhagavad Gita is reminding you to detach from outcomes while your tests run, it hits different. It's yours.

Some sections below use actual verbs, others are full phrases — Claude Code accepts both. Pick a section, copy the JSON, drop it into ~/.claude/settings.json.

How to use

{
  "spinnerVerbs": {
    "mode": "replace",
    "verbs": ["...paste your list here..."]
  }
}

Use "mode": "append" if you want to keep the defaults and just add to them.

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Rajinikanth One-Liners

The Thalaiva himself. Let him narrate your coding sessions.

{
  "spinnerVerbs": {
    "mode": "replace",
    "verbs": [
      "Mind it",
      "Vera level",
      "En vazhi thani vazhi",
      "Ivlo easy-a",
      "Kabali Da",
      "Style-a",
      "Naan oru thadavai sonna nooru thadavai sonna maadiri",
      "Rewind panna mudiyathu",
      "Eppo varuven, eppadi varuven, yarukkum theriyathu",
      "Boss is always a boss",
      "Semma-ing"
    ]
  }
}

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Telugu comedy

Telugu comedy legends. Your terminal deserves this energy.

{
  "spinnerVerbs": {
    "mode": "replace",
    "verbs": [
      "Arey-yem-ra-ing",
      "Gap vachindhi",
      "Dinemma jeevitham",
      "nee bonda raa nee bonda",
      "pothavu ra re nuuvu pothavu"
    ]
  }
}

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Bhagavad Gita

Gita in verb form. Each one is a practice, not just a quote.

{
  "spinnerVerbs": {
    "mode": "replace",
    "verbs": [
      "Detaching",
      "Transcending",
      "Witnessing",
      "Karma-ing",
      "Dharma-ing",
      "Meditating",
      "Awakening",
      "Flowing",
      "Moksha-seeking"
    ]
  }
}

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Naval Ravikant

Navalisms. Each one hits different at 2am when the build is broken.

{
  "spinnerVerbs": {
    "mode": "replace",
    "verbs": [
      "Desire is a contract to be unhappy",
      "Play long-term games with long-term people",
      "Earn with your mind, not your time",
      "All returns come from compound interest",
      "Reading is faster than listening",
      "Happiness is a choice and a skill",
      "Be a maker, not a manager",
      "Free time is the most dangerous time",
      "Judge a book by its author",
      "If it's not a definite yes, it's a no",
      "A calm mind, a fit body, a house full of love"
    ]
  }
}

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Honest Claude

What's actually happening behind the spinner.

{
  "spinnerVerbs": {
    "mode": "replace",
    "verbs": [
      "Hallucinating confidently",
      "Apologizing preemptively",
      "Adding unnecessary caveats",
      "Padding the response",
      "About to suggest a refactor",
      "Definitely not making this up",
      "Re-reading the prompt",
      "Adding a disclaimer"
    ]
  }
}

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More sections coming. If you've got a themed set you like, let me know.