dao-cc-enhance

Enhance Claude Code with custom user message colors and conversation timecodes.

Features

Custom Colors

Makes user messages visually distinct from Claude's responses by patching the dark-ansi theme's text color with a custom RGB value. Claude's responses keep the terminal's default foreground color.

Timecodes

Adds speaker labels and timestamps to every message via Claude Code hooks:

Frank · 15:22:30
Claude · 15:22:32
Claude · 15:22:35 · Bash

Install

npx dao-cc-enhance install

Restart Claude Code after installation.

Usage

# Install both features with defaults
npx dao-cc-enhance install

# Colors only
npx dao-cc-enhance install --colors-only

# Timecodes only
npx dao-cc-enhance install --timecodes-only

# Custom color
npx dao-cc-enhance install --color "230,180,120"

# Use a preset
npx dao-cc-enhance install --preset warm

# Set timecode options
npx dao-cc-enhance install --username "Frank" --format 12h

# Re-apply colors after Claude Code update
npx dao-cc-enhance reapply

# Check status
npx dao-cc-enhance status

# Uninstall
npx dao-cc-enhance uninstall

Color Presets

| Name | RGB | Description | |------|-----|-------------| | warm (default) | 230,180,120 | Warm orange | | sand | 220,200,160 | Sandy gold | | peach | 240,170,140 | Peach | | mint | 160,220,200 | Mint green |

How It Works

Colors: Patches @anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js to change the dark-ansi theme's text token from ansi:whiteBright to a custom rgb(R,G,B) value. User messages render with color:"text" while Claude's markdown-rendered responses use the terminal's default foreground — making them visually distinct.

Timecodes: Installs a Node.js hook script at ~/.claude/hooks/dao-timecode.js and registers it for UserPromptSubmit and Stop events in ~/.claude/settings.json.

Configuration

Stored at ~/.claude/dao-enhance.json:

{
  "colors": {
    "enabled": true,
    "user_color": "230,180,120",
    "preset": "warm"
  },
  "timecodes": {
    "enabled": true,
    "username": "Frank",
    "timezone": "Asia/Shanghai",
    "format": "24h"
  }
}

After Claude Code Updates

Claude Code updates overwrite cli.js. Re-apply colors with:

npx dao-cc-enhance reapply

Requirements

• Node.js >= 18
• Claude Code installed globally via npm

License

MIT