diff --git a/statusline.ps1 b/statusline.ps1
index c80ef70..8d0f494 100644
--- a/statusline.ps1
+++ b/statusline.ps1
@@ -98,9 +98,10 @@ $remainComma = Format-Commas ($size - $current)
 # Config directory (respects CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR override)
 $claudeConfigDir = if ($env:CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR) { $env:CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR } else { Join-Path $env:USERPROFILE ".claude" }
 
-# Check reasoning effort
-$effortLevel = "medium"
-if ($env:CLAUDE_CODE_EFFORT_LEVEL) {
+$effortLevel = $null
+if ($data.effort.level) {
+    $effortLevel = [string]$data.effort.level
+} elseif ($env:CLAUDE_CODE_EFFORT_LEVEL) {
     $effortLevel = $env:CLAUDE_CODE_EFFORT_LEVEL
 } else {
     $settingsPath = Join-Path $claudeConfigDir "settings.json"
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ if ($env:CLAUDE_CODE_EFFORT_LEVEL) {
         } catch {}
     }
 }
+if (-not $effortLevel) { $effortLevel = "medium" }
 
 # ===== Build single-line output =====
 $out = ""
diff --git a/statusline.sh b/statusline.sh
index 4a7a9c0..e69c8a7 100755
--- a/statusline.sh
+++ b/statusline.sh
@@ -97,15 +97,18 @@ pct_remain=$(( 100 - pct_used ))
 used_comma=$(format_commas $current)
 remain_comma=$(format_commas $(( size - current )))
 
-# Check reasoning effort
 settings_path="$claude_config_dir/settings.json"
-effort_level="medium"
-if [ -n "$CLAUDE_CODE_EFFORT_LEVEL" ]; then
+effort_level=""
+stdin_effort=$(echo "$input" | jq -r '.effort.level // empty' 2>/dev/null)
+if [ -n "$stdin_effort" ]; then
+    effort_level="$stdin_effort"
+elif [ -n "$CLAUDE_CODE_EFFORT_LEVEL" ]; then
     effort_level="$CLAUDE_CODE_EFFORT_LEVEL"
 elif [ -f "$settings_path" ]; then
     effort_val=$(jq -r '.effortLevel // empty' "$settings_path" 2>/dev/null)
     [ -n "$effort_val" ] && effort_level="$effort_val"
 fi
+[ -z "$effort_level" ] && effort_level="medium"
 
 # ===== Build single-line output =====
 out=""