diff --git a/bin/omarchy b/bin/omarchy
index c5640dfc..8f739bad 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy
+++ b/bin/omarchy
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[install]="Optional software installers"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[launch]="Application launchers"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[menu]="Omarchy menu commands"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[migrate]="Migration runner"
+GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[monitor]="Monitor status helpers"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[network]="Network status helpers"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[notification]="Notification helpers"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[npm]="NPM package wrappers"
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[screensaver]="Screensaver branding and animation"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[snapshot]="System snapshots"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[style]="Global UI style controls"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[sudo]="Sudo configuration helpers"
-GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[system]="Reboot, shutdown, logout, and lock"
+GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[system]="System status, reboot, shutdown, logout, and lock"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[theme]="Theme management"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[toggle]="Toggle Omarchy features"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[transcode]="Image and video transcoding"
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-audio-sink-availability b/bin/omarchy-audio-sink-availability
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0f333e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/omarchy-audio-sink-availability
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# omarchy:summary=Print PulseAudio sink availability for the shell
+# omarchy:group=audio
+
+pactl list sinks 2>/dev/null | awk '
+  function emit_sink() {
+    if (name == "") return
+    print name "\t" ((port_count == 0 || available) ? 1 : 0)
+  }
+
+  /^Sink #/ {
+    emit_sink()
+    name = ""
+    in_ports = 0
+    port_count = 0
+    available = 0
+    next
+  }
+
+  /^[[:space:]]*Name:/ {
+    name = $2
+    next
+  }
+
+  /^[[:space:]]*Ports:$/ {
+    in_ports = 1
+    next
+  }
+
+  in_ports && /^\tActive Port:/ {
+    in_ports = 0
+    next
+  }
+
+  in_ports && /^\t\t/ {
+    port_count++
+    if ($0 !~ /not available/) available = 1
+    next
+  }
+
+  END {
+    emit_sink()
+  }
+'
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-battery-status b/bin/omarchy-battery-status
index 88c336b2..f43c75ed 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-battery-status
+++ b/bin/omarchy-battery-status
@@ -1,27 +1,61 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # omarchy:summary=Returns a formatted battery status string with percentage and power draw/charge.
+# omarchy:args=[--shell]
 
-battery_info=$(upower -i $(upower -e | grep BAT))
+shell_output=false
 
-percentage=$(echo "$battery_info" | awk '/percentage/ {
-    print int($2)
-    exit
-}')
+case "${1:-}" in
+  "")
+    ;;
+  --shell)
+    shell_output=true
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Usage: omarchy-battery-status [--shell]" >&2
+    exit 2
+    ;;
+esac
 
-power_rate=$(echo "$battery_info" | awk '/energy-rate/ {
-    rounded = sprintf("%.1f", $2)
-    sub(/\.0$/, "", rounded)
-    print rounded
-    exit
-}')
+battery=$(upower -e 2>/dev/null | grep BAT | head -n 1)
+[[ -z $battery ]] && exit 0
 
-state=$(echo "$battery_info" | awk '/state/ { print $2; exit }')
-time_remaining=$(omarchy-battery-remaining-time)
-capacity=$(omarchy-battery-capacity)
+battery_info=$(upower -i "$battery")
+
+percentage=$(awk '/percentage/ { print int($2); exit }' <<<"$battery_info")
+power_rate=$(awk '/energy-rate/ {
+  rounded = sprintf("%.1f", $2)
+  sub(/\.0$/, "", rounded)
+  print rounded
+  exit
+}' <<<"$battery_info")
+state=$(awk '/state/ { print $2; exit }' <<<"$battery_info")
+time_remaining=$(omarchy-battery-remaining-time 2>/dev/null)
+capacity=$(omarchy-battery-capacity 2>/dev/null)
+
+if [[ $shell_output == "true" ]]; then
+  printf 'percentage\t%s\n' "${percentage}%"
+  printf 'state\t%s\n' "$state"
+  printf 'rate\t%s\n' "${power_rate}W"
+  printf 'size\t%s\n' "${capacity}Wh"
+  printf 'time\t%s\n' "$time_remaining"
+
+  end=$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT*/charge_control_end_threshold 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+  start=$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT*/charge_control_start_threshold 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+
+  if [[ -n $end ]]; then
+    if [[ -n $start && $start != "$end" ]]; then
+      printf 'threshold\t%s-%s%%\n' "$start" "$end"
+    else
+      printf 'threshold\t%s%%\n' "$end"
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  exit 0
+fi
 
 if [[ $state == "charging" ]]; then
-    echo "Battery ${percentage}%  ·  ${time_remaining} to full  ·   ${power_rate}W / ${capacity}Wh"
+  echo "Battery ${percentage}%  ·  ${time_remaining} to full  ·   ${power_rate}W / ${capacity}Wh"
 else
-    echo "Battery ${percentage}%  ·  ${time_remaining} left  ·   ${power_rate}W / ${capacity}Wh"
+  echo "Battery ${percentage}%  ·  ${time_remaining} left  ·   ${power_rate}W / ${capacity}Wh"
 fi
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-monitor-state b/bin/omarchy-monitor-state
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..26663aa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/omarchy-monitor-state
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# omarchy:summary=Print monitor panel state for the shell
+# omarchy:group=monitor
+
+{ omarchy-brightness-display 2>/dev/null; echo; } | head -n 1
+
+monitors_json=$(hyprctl monitors all -j)
+
+printf '%s\n' "$monitors_json" | jq -r '
+  def internal: test("^(eDP|LVDS|DSI)-");
+  ([.[] | select(.name | internal)][0].name // ""),
+  ([.[] | select((.name | internal) | not)][0].name // ""),
+  ([.[] | select((.name | internal) and .disabled != true)][0].name // ""),
+  ([.[] | select((.name | internal) and .mirrorOf != "none")][0].mirrorOf // "")
+'
+
+omarchy-hyprland-monitor-focused 2>/dev/null || echo
+omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling 2>/dev/null || echo
+
+printf '%s\n' "$monitors_json" | jq -c '[.[] | {name, enabled:(.disabled != true), focused:(.focused == true)}]'
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-system-stats b/bin/omarchy-system-stats
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..59239c60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/omarchy-system-stats
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# omarchy:summary=Print CPU and memory stats for the shell
+# omarchy:group=system
+
+cpu=$(top -bn1 | awk '/^%?Cpu/ {
+  gsub(/,/, "")
+  for (i = 1; i <= NF; i++) {
+    if ($(i + 1) == "id") {
+      printf "%.0f%%", 100 - $i
+      exit
+    }
+  }
+}')
+
+awk -v cpu="$cpu" '
+  /^MemTotal:/ { total = $2 }
+  /^MemAvailable:/ { avail = $2 }
+  END {
+    used = total - avail
+    printf "cpu\t%s\n", cpu
+    printf "memory\t%.1fGB / %.0fGB\n", used / 1024 / 1024, total / 1024 / 1024
+  }
+' /proc/meminfo
diff --git a/shell/plugins/panels/Audio.qml b/shell/plugins/panels/Audio.qml
index 12fa8e9a..234e19e3 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/panels/Audio.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/panels/Audio.qml
@@ -509,31 +509,7 @@ Panel {
 
   Process {
     id: sinkAvailabilityProc
-    command: ["bash", "-lc", `
-pactl list sinks 2>/dev/null | python3 -c '
-import re
-import sys
-
-for block in re.split(r"(?m)^Sink #", sys.stdin.read())[1:]:
-    name = re.search(r"(?m)^\\s*Name:\\s*(\\S+)", block)
-    if not name:
-        continue
-
-    ports = []
-    in_ports = False
-    for line in block.splitlines():
-        if line.strip() == "Ports:":
-            in_ports = True
-            continue
-        if in_ports and line.startswith("\\tActive Port:"):
-            in_ports = False
-        if in_ports and line.startswith("\\t\\t"):
-            ports.append(line)
-
-    available = not ports or any("not available" not in port for port in ports)
-    print("%s\\t%d" % (name.group(1), 1 if available else 0))
-'
-`]
+    command: [root.bar ? root.bar.omarchyPath + "/bin/omarchy-audio-sink-availability" : "omarchy-audio-sink-availability"]
     stdout: StdioCollector {
       waitForEnd: true
       onStreamFinished: root.updateSinkAvailability(text)
diff --git a/shell/plugins/panels/Monitor.qml b/shell/plugins/panels/Monitor.qml
index 7241db45..4bf48d4f 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/panels/Monitor.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/panels/Monitor.qml
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ Panel {
 
   Process {
     id: stateProc
-    command: ["bash", "-lc", "{ omarchy-brightness-display 2>/dev/null; echo; } | head -n 1; monitors_json=$(hyprctl monitors all -j); printf '%s\\n' \"$monitors_json\" | jq -r 'def internal: test(\"^(eDP|LVDS|DSI)-\"); ([.[] | select(.name | internal)][0].name // \"\"), ([.[] | select((.name | internal) | not)][0].name // \"\"), ([.[] | select((.name | internal) and .disabled != true)][0].name // \"\"), ([.[] | select((.name | internal) and .mirrorOf != \"none\")][0].mirrorOf // \"\")'; omarchy-hyprland-monitor-focused 2>/dev/null || echo; omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling 2>/dev/null || echo; printf '%s\\n' \"$monitors_json\" | jq -c '[.[] | {name, enabled:(.disabled != true), focused:(.focused == true)}]'"]
+    command: [root.bar ? root.bar.omarchyPath + "/bin/omarchy-monitor-state" : "omarchy-monitor-state"]
     stdout: StdioCollector {
       waitForEnd: true
       onStreamFinished: {
diff --git a/shell/plugins/panels/Power.qml b/shell/plugins/panels/Power.qml
index 8f1f8014..2e7b2e16 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/panels/Power.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/panels/Power.qml
@@ -116,25 +116,7 @@ Panel {
 
   Process {
     id: batteryProc
-    command: ["bash", "-lc", `
-bat=$(upower -e 2>/dev/null | grep BAT | head -n1)
-[[ -z $bat ]] && exit 0
-info=$(upower -i "$bat")
-printf 'percentage\t%s\n' "$(awk '/percentage/ { print int($2) "%"; exit }' <<<"$info")"
-printf 'state\t%s\n' "$(awk '/state/ { print $2; exit }' <<<"$info")"
-printf 'rate\t%s\n' "$(awk '/energy-rate/ { v=sprintf("%.1f", $2); sub(/\.0$/, "", v); print v "W"; exit }' <<<"$info")"
-printf 'size\t%s\n' "$(awk '/energy-full:/ { printf "%dWh", $2; exit }' <<<"$info")"
-printf 'time\t%s\n' "$($OMARCHY_PATH/bin/omarchy-battery-remaining-time 2>/dev/null)"
-end=$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT*/charge_control_end_threshold 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-start=$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT*/charge_control_start_threshold 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-if [[ -n $end ]]; then
-  if [[ -n $start && $start != "$end" ]]; then
-    printf 'threshold\t%s-%s%%\n' "$start" "$end"
-  else
-    printf 'threshold\t%s%%\n' "$end"
-  fi
-fi
-`]
+    command: [root.bar ? root.bar.omarchyPath + "/bin/omarchy-battery-status" : "omarchy-battery-status", "--shell"]
     stdout: StdioCollector { waitForEnd: true; onStreamFinished: root.updateKeyValue(text, "battery") }
   }
 
@@ -146,7 +128,7 @@ fi
 
   Process {
     id: systemProc
-    command: ["bash", "-lc", "cpu=$(top -bn1 | awk '/^%?Cpu/ { gsub(/,/, \"\"); for (i=1; i<=NF; i++) if ($(i+1) == \"id\") { printf \"%.0f%%\", 100 - $i; exit } }'); awk -v cpu=\"$cpu\" '/^MemTotal:/ { total=$2 } /^MemAvailable:/ { avail=$2 } END { used=total-avail; printf \"cpu\\t%s\\n\", cpu; printf \"memory\\t%.1fGB / %.0fGB\\n\", used/1024/1024, total/1024/1024 }' /proc/meminfo"]
+    command: [root.bar ? root.bar.omarchyPath + "/bin/omarchy-system-stats" : "omarchy-system-stats"]
     stdout: StdioCollector { waitForEnd: true; onStreamFinished: root.updateKeyValue(text, "system") }
   }