Claude API Status Bar

Live Claude API health indicator in your VS Code status bar — no browser tab, no manual checking.

The Problem

Developers building with the Claude API lose time switching to the browser to check status.claude.com every time something feels off. Is it my code or is Claude down?

The Solution

A persistent status bar indicator at the bottom of VS Code that polls the Claude status API and shows a live health indicator — always in view.

✓ Claude — Operational        ← green
⚠ Claude — Degraded           ← yellow background
✕ Claude — Outage              ← red background

Hover over the indicator to see a full breakdown of every Claude service and any active incidents.

Features

How it Works

Claude's status page (powered by Atlassian Statuspage) exposes a public JSON feed:

GET https://status.claude.com/api/v2/summary.json

No authentication required. The extension polls this endpoint on a configurable interval and updates the status bar accordingly.

Installation

1. Open VS Code
2. Go to Extensions (Cmd+Shift+X / Ctrl+Shift+X)
3. Search for "Claude API Status Bar"
4. Click Install

Or install from the VS Code Marketplace.

Settings

Requirements

• VS Code 1.85 or later
• Internet connection (to reach status.claude.com)

Monitored Services

The extension tracks all Claude services reported on the status page:

• claude.ai
• Claude Console (platform.claude.com)
• Claude API (api.anthropic.com)
• Claude Code
• Claude for Government

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

MIT