claude-bootcamp 💪

English | 日本語

Replace Claude Code's "waiting for response" spinner words with bootcamp-style workout cues. Turn the time you spend waiting at your desk into a nudge for some light exercise.

Do squats…
Roll your shoulders…
March in place…

The words come in sets you can switch between — pick one that matches your mood or condition.

| Set | Vibe | Examples | |---|---|---| | bootcamp (default) | Drill-sergeant workout commands | Do squats / Roll your shoulders | | hiit | High-intensity, all-out in place | Drop down and jump up / Run with high knees | | yoga | Slow, breath-and-pose focused | Round your back like a cat / Breathe in deeply | | stiff | Anti-stiffness, made for desk work | Roll your shoulders back wide / Look away from the screen into the distance | | hulk | Serious lifting you can only do at the gym | Bench press 100 kg / Flip the tire |

Usage

# Install (interactively pick "language" and "set")
npx claude-bootcamp install

# Non-interactive (you can specify the set too)
npx claude-bootcamp install --lang en --set yoga --mode replace --yes

# Revert
npx claude-bootcamp uninstall

# List / preview words (check a set before installing it)
npx claude-bootcamp list --lang en --set hiit
npx claude-bootcamp preview --set stiff

The install prompt is a wizard: it shows one step per screen (language → set). Move the cursor (*) with ↑↓ (j/k and number keys also work) and press Enter to go to the next step. Press ← (or Backspace) to go back to the previous step and re-choose.

[2/2] Choose a set (↑↓ move / ← back / Enter confirm)
* Bootcamp
  HIIT
  Yoga
  Anti-stiffness
  HULK

Outside a terminal (CI, pipes) it automatically falls back to numbered input. After installing, restart Claude Code to apply the change.

Options

| Option | Values | Default | |---|---|---| | --lang | ja / en / both | Auto-detected from your environment locale (ja if it starts with ja*, otherwise en). In the install wizard, the detected value is the initial selection | | --set | bootcamp / hiit / yoga / stiff / hulk | Asked interactively (bootcamp) | | --mode | replace / append | replace | | --scope | user (~/.claude) / project (./.claude) | user | | --yes | Skip confirmation | false |

How it works

It merges Claude Code's spinnerVerbs setting into your settings.json. Existing settings are backed up (settings.json.bak-*) and written atomically, and the state is recorded in ~/.claude/.claude-bootcamp.json. uninstall removes only the values this tool added, and does nothing if they have been changed by hand — for safety.

Contributing

PRs that add or translate words in data/verbs.*.json are welcome (the policy is no rep counts or numbers).

• bootcamp (default): data/verbs.ja.json / data/verbs.en.json
• Other sets: data/verbs.<lang>.<set>.json (e.g. data/verbs.ja.yoga.json)

To add a new set, provide both the Japanese and English files, and add the set to SETS in src/core/verbs.ts and to VerbSet in src/types.ts. The guiding principle is "a concrete action you understand the moment you read it, with no rep counts." hulk is the only exception, where specific weights (kg) are allowed.

License

MIT