Show HN: Make your terminal pulse orange when Claude Code needs input

Category: cli-tool

Tags: claude-code, iterm2, notification, shell-hooks, developer-tools

Score: 6.5/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 8, Utility: 5)

This project provides iTerm2 tab color notifications for Claude Code, pulsing orange when the AI needs input and turning green when it completes a turn. Its clever use of pty file descriptor write-fail detection to handle tab closure and LLM-based classification to distinguish real blocking questions from pleasantries make it technically interesting, though it is limited to macOS and iTerm2.

Target audience: backend devs, devops

Repository: https://github.com/rickardstureborg/claude-needs-input · Shell · MIT · 1 stars

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