diff --git a/.changeset/expose-status-line-thinking-effort.md b/.changeset/expose-status-line-thinking-effort.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef0b408c8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/expose-status-line-thinking-effort.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@moonshot-ai/kimi-code": patch
+---
+
+Expose the active thinking effort to custom status line commands.
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/chrome/footer.ts b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/chrome/footer.ts
index 4bb8a75f9b..5ad6a2c1e1 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/chrome/footer.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/chrome/footer.ts
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ export class FooterComponent implements Component {
       gitBranch: this.gitCache.getStatus()?.branch ?? null,
       permissionMode: state.permissionMode,
       planMode: state.planMode,
+      thinkingEffort: state.thinkingEffort,
       contextUsage: state.contextUsage,
       contextTokens: state.contextTokens,
       maxContextTokens: state.maxContextTokens,
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/utils/status-line-command.ts b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/utils/status-line-command.ts
index 6482a4ac7c..d7be624f4a 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/utils/status-line-command.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/utils/status-line-command.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
 
+import type { ThinkingEffort } from '@moonshot-ai/kimi-code-sdk';
+
 export const STATUS_LINE_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS = 300;
 export const STATUS_LINE_RERUN_INTERVAL_MS = 1_000;
 export const STATUS_LINE_MAX_CAPTURE_BYTES = 65_536;
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ export interface StatusLinePayload {
   gitBranch: string | null;
   permissionMode: string;
   planMode: boolean;
+  thinkingEffort: ThinkingEffort;
   contextUsage: number;
   contextTokens: number;
   maxContextTokens: number;
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/chrome/footer-status-line.test.ts b/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/chrome/footer-status-line.test.ts
index a6be39adfb..b20456b979 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/chrome/footer-status-line.test.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/chrome/footer-status-line.test.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ const payload: StatusLinePayload = {
   gitBranch: 'main',
   permissionMode: 'manual',
   planMode: false,
+  thinkingEffort: 'off',
   contextUsage: 12,
   contextTokens: 1024,
   maxContextTokens: 8192,
@@ -175,6 +176,27 @@ describe('runStatusLineCommand', () => {
 });
 
 describe('FooterComponent status_line command', () => {
+  it('passes the effective thinking effort to the command', async () => {
+    const state: AppState = {
+      ...baseState,
+      thinkingEffort: 'max',
+      statusLine: { items: null, command: 'cat' },
+    };
+    const refreshed = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
+    const footer = new FooterComponent(state, refreshed.resolve);
+
+    try {
+      footer.render(120);
+      await refreshed.promise;
+
+      const renderedPayload = JSON.parse(plain(footer.render(1_000)[0]!));
+      expect(renderedPayload.thinkingEffort).toBe('max');
+    } finally {
+      footer.setState({ ...state, statusLine: { items: null, command: null } });
+      footer.dispose();
+    }
+  });
+
   it('swaps line 1 to the command output once it lands', async () => {
     const state: AppState = {
       ...baseState,
diff --git a/docs/en/configuration/config-files.md b/docs/en/configuration/config-files.md
index b671922578..97555a747b 100644
--- a/docs/en/configuration/config-files.md
+++ b/docs/en/configuration/config-files.md
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ Alongside `config.toml`, the CLI keeps terminal-UI and client preferences in a c
 | `[notifications].notification_condition` | `string` | `unfocused` | When to notify: `unfocused` (only when the terminal is not focused) or `always` |
 | `[upgrade].auto_install` | `boolean` | `true` | Whether new versions are installed automatically |
 | `[status_line].items` | `string[]` | `[]` | Built-in slots to show on the first footer line and their order: `mode`, `goal`, `model`, `tasks`, `cwd`, `git`, `tips`. Unset keeps the default layout; unknown ids are skipped with a warning |
-| `[status_line].command` | `string` | `""` | Custom status line command. Its first stdout line replaces the first footer line, with a JSON snapshot (model, cwd, git branch, permission mode, plan mode, context usage, session id, version) passed on stdin. Runs are capped at 300ms and throttled to once per second; failures fall back to the built-in layout |
+| `[status_line].command` | `string` | `""` | Custom status line command. Its first stdout line replaces the first footer line, with a JSON snapshot (model, cwd, git branch, permission mode, plan mode, thinking effort, context usage, session id, version) passed on stdin. Runs are capped at 300ms and throttled to once per second; failures fall back to the built-in layout |
 
 ```toml
 # ~/.kimi-code/tui.toml
diff --git a/docs/zh/configuration/config-files.md b/docs/zh/configuration/config-files.md
index 478959acf6..75d711e820 100644
--- a/docs/zh/configuration/config-files.md
+++ b/docs/zh/configuration/config-files.md
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ MCP server 的声明配置写在 `~/.kimi-code/mcp.json` 或项目内 `.kimi-cod
 | `[notifications].notification_condition` | `string` | `unfocused` | 何时通知：`unfocused`（仅终端失去焦点时）或 `always`（总是） |
 | `[upgrade].auto_install` | `boolean` | `true` | 是否自动安装新版本 |
 | `[status_line].items` | `string[]` | `[]` | 底部状态栏第一行展示哪些内置槽位及其顺序：`mode`、`goal`、`model`、`tasks`、`cwd`、`git`、`tips`。缺省保持默认布局；未知 id 跳过并告警 |
-| `[status_line].command` | `string` | `""` | 自定义状态栏命令。其 stdout 第一行替换状态栏第一行，stdin 会收到 JSON 快照（model、cwd、git 分支、permission 模式、plan 模式、上下文用量、session id、版本）。运行上限 300ms、每秒最多一次；失败时回退内置布局 |
+| `[status_line].command` | `string` | `""` | 自定义状态栏命令。其 stdout 第一行替换状态栏第一行，stdin 会收到 JSON 快照（model、cwd、git 分支、permission 模式、plan 模式、思考强度（thinking effort）、上下文用量、session id、版本）。运行上限 300ms、每秒最多一次；失败时回退内置布局 |
 
 ```toml
 # ~/.kimi-code/tui.toml