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Unspin

Q: What is Unspin?

Unspin is a code AI tool listed on Use AI Tools. unspin shows you what your coding agent's shell commands are doing instead of a spinner. When Claude Code runs a long batched command you normally get the command and a spinner until it ends. unspin teaches the agent to mark the steps as it goes: Claude Code's own spinner names the step that is running, and a block above the prompt lists every step with a progress bar, its elapsed time and an ETA, marking the failed one and printing a summary when it ends. It installs as a Claude Code plugin with nothing to configure.

Q: What is Unspin best for?

Unspin is commonly used for Seeing progress inside a long shell command, Spotting the step that failed, Reading an ETA instead of guessing. It supports English.

Code🔥 Intermediate✅ Global access

Seeing progress inside a long shell commandSpotting the step that failedReading an ETA instead of guessing

Open SourceEnglish

unspin shows you what your coding agent's shell commands are doing instead of a spinner. When Claude Code runs a long batched command you normally get the command and a spinner until it ends. unspin teaches the agent to mark the steps as it goes: Claude Code's own spinner names the step that is running, and a block above the prompt lists every step with a progress bar, its elapsed time and an ETA, marking the failed one and printing a summary when it ends. It installs as a Claude Code plugin with nothing to configure.

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🎯 Real-World Use Cases

Mark the steps

Tell Claude to use unspin once at the start of a session and each step of a batched command gets named.

Watch it live

Read the block above the prompt: progress bars, elapsed time, ETA, and a red cross on the step that failed.

Install as a plugin

Add the marketplace and install unspin in Claude Code; there is no configuration.

⚖️ Honest Review

✅ Pros

+Uses the agent's own spinner rather than a separate window
+Nothing to configure
+MIT licensed and open source

⚠️ Cons

−Depends on the agent cooperating and marking steps
−Centred on Claude Code

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