Random Color on /rename

Randomize the prompt-bar color each time you run /rename.

ID rename-random-color · Default off · Compatible * · Source

What it does

Every time you run /rename (with or without an argument), the session's prompt-bar color is rerolled to a random pick from the eight built-in agent colors: red, blue, green, yellow, purple, orange, pink, cyan.

It's a small cosmetic hook on top of an action you already take when a session starts to feel like a different project. Rename the session, get a new color as a visual marker — no extra keystrokes.

The change is session-scoped. Closing and reopening the session brings back whatever color was last saved via /color, so if you find a color you like you can lock it in explicitly.

Usage

Automatic whenever /rename runs. No configuration, no keybinding. If you want the old behavior back, disable the patch in cx setup.

How it works

The patch locates rename's call function by searching for a unique string literal it emits on the teammate-block early return ("Cannot rename: This session is a swarm teammate..."). That wording appears nowhere else in the bundle and is a plain string rather than a template literal, so it survives minification verbatim and anchors the search unambiguously.

From there it finds the ObjectExpression passed to setAppState's functional updater — specifically the inner object under the standaloneAgentContext key that also carries a name property. Both keys are preserved through bundling because the state reducer reads them by name. A var __cxC = [...][Math.floor(Math.random() * 8)] declaration is injected at the top of the call function body, and ,color:__cxC is spliced in right after the existing name property. Because the injected property sits after the ...prev.standaloneAgentContext spread, the random color wins over whatever was previously in state.

Persistence across restarts is deliberately skipped — the rename already updates standaloneAgentContext in-place via setAppState, and that's enough for an immediate visual change. If you want the color to stick, run /color <name> afterward.