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cache-clock

Shows whether Claude's prompt cache is still warm, with the cold-rewrite cost and a Compact button.

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★ 2v1.3.0no licenseupdated 2026-10-22Abdallah-Abdelazim/claude-code-mods/plugins/cache-clock
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› fix the failing auth test and add an audit log call ⏺ Read(src/auth.ts) ⎿ Read 6 lines ⏺ Update(src/auth.ts) ⎿ Added 2 lines, removed 1 line ⏺ Bash(bun test) ⎿ 3 pass, 1 fail ● Done. refresh now rejects expired claims and logs an audit event. ✻ Worked for 42s · done 4:20 PM › /cache-clock ⎿ cache-clock: Usage: /cache-clock on | off | status ● CACHE COLD ▆▆▆▆▆▆ no request yet · 0 cached · cold rewrite — [Compact] ⟨Claude Code's own drawing⟩ ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── › ? for shortcuts

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● CACHE COLD ▆▆▆▆▆▆ no request yet · 0 cached · cold rewrite — [Compact] ⟨Claude Code's own drawing⟩
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claude-code-mods

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Mods for Claude Code that add a band above the prompt, a side pane or a slash command. Each is its own plugin, so you can install only the ones you want.

The mods

PluginBandWhat it doesCommand
band-rulelineDraws a dim line above the bands to separate them from Claude's output. List it before the other mods (see below).none
cache-clockCACHEShows whether the prompt cache is still warm, the time left, % reused and the cold-rewrite cost, with a Compact button. Toasts shortly before the cache goes cold.`/cache-clock on \off \status`
usage-gaugeUSAGEPlan usage windows (5h, week, others) with reset times, the session cost and a pace warning. Toasts at 75% and 90%./usage-gauge (opens a pane), `on \off \warn <a> <b> \status`
usage-limitsfooterSession (5h) and week (7d) rate-limit bars in the prompt footer.none
auto-handoffCONTEXTWatches how full the chat is and saves a HANDOFF.md when it reaches a threshold, then offers to clear and resume.`/auto-handoff on \off \now \resume \threshold <n> \mode auto\ask \hide \show \status`
agent-watchAGENTSShows the main chat and helper agents with their models and tasks, plus the skills that ran this turn. Opens an Agents pane./agent-watch (opens the Agents pane), `on \off \clear \help`

Bands stack in the order their plugins appear in enabledPlugins in ~/.claude/settings.json, first on top. To reorder, move the lines and run /reload-plugins; claude plugin install adds new entries at the end. band-rule draws its line above the whole stack only when it is listed first. The author's order, top to bottom: band-rule, agent-watch, auto-handoff, cache-clock, usage-gauge, usage-limits. The last one draws in the footer, so its place doesn't matter. The Band column is the title each mod shows in its band.

Each band is one row. In a narrow terminal the end of the row is cut off with … instead of wrapping.

usage-gauge and usage-limits both show plan usage, so enable only one.

In auto mode, auto-handoff sends the handoff prompt as soon as the threshold is crossed, even while Claude is mid-task. The default ask mode only offers the button.

cache-clock has a cacheMinutes option (5 or 60, default 60). Other settings are set through each mod's commands and persist between sessions.

Install

Install a mod from the marketplace:

/plugin install cache-clock --marketplace Abdallah-Abdelazim/claude-code-mods

Run it once per mod, changing the plugin name. From a local clone, use --marketplace ~/path/to/claude-code-mods instead.

To try one without installing: claude --plugin-dir plugins/<name>.

Requirements

These mods use Claude Code's function-hook plugin API, which is in early access; they were written against Claude Code 2.1.303. Where an organization manages Claude Code, plugins you install don't run the session.compact, skill.prompt and prompt.compose hooks.

Develop

Each folder under plugins/ is a standalone mod: .claude-plugin/plugin.json, hooks/, tsconfig.json, a *.test.ts and, for a mod that keeps state, types/index.d.ts. See CLAUDE.md for the conventions and the release steps.

claude plugin validate plugins/<name>
claude plugin test plugins/<name>

The engine writes .claude-plugin/types/ inside a mod when it loads it; the folder is git-ignored.

Source 3 files
hooks/register.tsx 145 lines
1import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
2import type { EngineInterface as Engine, Register } from 'claude-code'
3
4import type { CacheStep } from '../types'
5import { cachedOf, fmtTokens, fmtUsd, promptOf, rewriteUsd, savedUsd } from './prices'
6
7const lastCacheAt = atom({ plugin: 'cache-clock', key: 'lastCacheAt' } as const, null)
8const lastStep = atom({ plugin: 'cache-clock', key: 'lastStep' } as const, null)
9const totals = atom({ plugin: 'cache-clock', key: 'totals' } as const, {
10  reads: 0, writes: 0, fresh: 0, savedUsd: 0, isUnpriced: false,
11})
12const warnedFor = atom({ plugin: 'cache-clock', key: 'warnedFor' } as const, null)
13const isOn = atom({ plugin: 'cache-clock', key: 'isOn' } as const, true)
14
15const TICK_MS = 30_000
16const KEY = 'cache-clock'
17// Both windows shrink with the cache lifetime, so a 5-minute cache is not "amber" or "about to expire" from the start.
18const amberMs = (ttlMs: number) => ttlMs / 4
19const warnMs = (ttlMs: number) => Math.min(5 * 60_000, ttlMs / 5)
20const BAR = 6
21const TRACK = '#52525b'
22
23// Ms until the cache goes cold; 0 when cold or no main request has cached yet.
24const remaining = async ($: Engine, ttlMs: number) => {
25  const at = await read($, lastCacheAt)
26  return at === null ? 0 : at + ttlMs - (await $.clock.now())
27}
28
29const compact = async ($: Engine) => {
30  const r = await $.session.compact()
31  $.ui.toast('skip' in r ? `Compact skipped: ${r.skip}` : `Compacted: ${r.messages.length} messages kept.`)
32}
33
34const tick = async ($: Engine, ttl: number) => {
35  const at = await read($, lastCacheAt)
36  const step = await read($, lastStep)
37  const ttlMs = ttl * 60_000
38  const left = await remaining($, ttlMs)
39  if (
40    at !== null && step !== null && (await read($, isOn)) &&
41    left > 0 && left <= warnMs(ttlMs) && (await read($, warnedFor)) !== at
42  ) {
43    await update($, warnedFor, () => at)
44    $.ui.toast(
45      `Cache: ${fmtTokens(cachedOf(step))} tokens, cold rewrite ${fmtUsd(rewriteUsd(step, ttl))}. Send anything to keep it warm.`,
46    )
47  }
48  $.ui.invalidate('ui.render')
49}
50
51export const register: Register = (on, options) => {
52  const ttl = options.cacheMinutes === '5' ? 5 : 60
53  const ttlMs = ttl * 60_000
54
55  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
56    await $.command.register({
57      name: 'cache-clock',
58      description: 'Show or toggle the prompt-cache clock.',
59      argumentHint: 'on | off | status',
60    })
61    const saved = (await $.store.get(KEY)) as { isOn?: boolean } | null
62    await update($, isOn, () => saved?.isOn ?? true)
63    $.clock.every(TICK_MS, () => tick($, ttl))
64    return next(e)
65  })
66
67  on('turn.step', async function* ($, e, next) {
68    const startedAt = await $.clock.now()
69    const result = yield* next(e)
70    const u = result.usage
71    if (u) {
72      const step: CacheStep = {
73        model: u.model,
74        reads: u.cache_read_input_tokens,
75        writes: u.cache_creation_input_tokens,
76        fresh: u.input_tokens,
77      }
78      const saved = savedUsd(step)
79      await update($, totals, t => ({
80        reads: t.reads + step.reads,
81        writes: t.writes + step.writes,
82        fresh: t.fresh + step.fresh,
83        savedUsd: t.savedUsd + (saved ?? 0),
84        isUnpriced: t.isUnpriced || saved === undefined,
85      }))
86      if (e.agentId === undefined) {
87        await update($, lastStep, () => step)
88        if (cachedOf(step) > 0) await update($, lastCacheAt, () => startedAt)
89      }
90    }
91    return result
92  })
93
94  on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
95    const below = await next(e)
96    if (!(await read($, isOn))) return below
97
98    const { Box, Button, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
99    const step = await read($, lastStep)
100    const left = await remaining($, ttlMs)
101    const isCold = left <= 0
102    const tone = isCold ? '#ef4444' : left <= amberMs(ttlMs) ? '#f59e0b' : '#22c55e'
103    const filled = Math.max(0, Math.min(BAR, Math.round((BAR * left) / ttlMs)))
104    const barOn = '▆'.repeat(filled)
105    const barOff = '▆'.repeat(BAR - filled)
106    const state = isCold ? 'COLD' : `warm ${Math.ceil(left / 60_000)}m`
107    const reuse =
108      step && promptOf(step) > 0 ? `${Math.round((100 * step.reads) / promptOf(step))}% reused` : 'no request yet'
109    const cached = step ? fmtTokens(cachedOf(step)) : '0'
110    const rewrite = step ? fmtUsd(rewriteUsd(step, ttl)) : '—'
111
112    return (
113      <Box flexDirection="column">
114        <Box>
115          <Box flexShrink={0}><Text bold color="#0b0b0f" backgroundColor="#7dcfff"> ● CACHE   </Text></Box>
116          <Text wrap="truncate-end">
117            <Text color={tone}> {state} {barOn}<Text color={TRACK}>{barOff}</Text></Text>
118            <Text dimColor>{'  '}{reuse} · {cached} cached · cold rewrite {rewrite} </Text>
119          </Text>
120          <Box flexShrink={0}><Button key="compact" plain label="[Compact]" onPress={() => compact($)} /></Box>
121        </Box>
122        {below}
123      </Box>
124    )
125  })
126
127  on('command.run', { command: 'cache-clock' }, async ($, e) => {
128    const arg = e.args.trim()
129    if (arg === 'on' || arg === 'off') {
130      await $.store.set(KEY, { isOn: arg === 'on' })
131      await update($, isOn, () => arg === 'on')
132      return { text: `Cache clock ${arg}.` }
133    }
134    if (arg !== 'status') return { text: 'Usage: /cache-clock on | off | status' }
135    const t = await read($, totals)
136    const seen = t.reads + t.writes + t.fresh
137    const pct = seen ? Math.round((100 * t.reads) / seen) : 0
138    return {
139      text:
140        `Reads ${fmtTokens(t.reads)} · writes ${fmtTokens(t.writes)} · ${pct}% reused\n` +
141        `Estimated saved ${fmtUsd(t.isUnpriced ? undefined : t.savedUsd)} (list prices, estimate)`,
142    }
143  })
144}
145
hooks/prices.ts 50 lines
1import type { CacheStep } from '../types'
2
3// List prices in $ per million tokens, fetched 2026-10-19 from platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing.
4// Cache writes: 5-minute 1.25x base input, 1-hour 2x; reads: per row.
5type Price = { input: number; write5m: number; write1h: number; read: number }
6
7const PRICES: Record<string, Price & { over100k?: Price }> = {
8  'claude-fable-5-1': { input: 10, write5m: 12.5, write1h: 20, read: 0.25 },
9  'claude-mythos-5-1': { input: 10, write5m: 12.5, write1h: 20, read: 0.25 },
10  'claude-fable-5': { input: 10, write5m: 12.5, write1h: 20, read: 1 },
11  'claude-opus-5-5': { input: 4, write5m: 5, write1h: 8, read: 0.2 },
12  'claude-opus-5': { input: 5, write5m: 6.25, write1h: 10, read: 0.5 },
13  'claude-opus-4-8': { input: 5, write5m: 6.25, write1h: 10, read: 0.5 },
14  'claude-opus-4-7': { input: 5, write5m: 6.25, write1h: 10, read: 0.5 },
15  'claude-opus-4-6': { input: 5, write5m: 6.25, write1h: 10, read: 0.5 },
16  'claude-sonnet-5-5': { input: 2, write5m: 2.5, write1h: 4, read: 0.1 },
17  'claude-sonnet-5': { input: 2, write5m: 2.5, write1h: 4, read: 0.2 },
18  'claude-sonnet-4-6': { input: 3, write5m: 3.75, write1h: 6, read: 0.3 },
19  'claude-haiku-5-5': {
20    input: 0.1, write5m: 0.125, write1h: 0.2, read: 0.01,
21    over100k: { input: 0.5, write5m: 0.625, write1h: 1, read: 0.05 },
22  },
23  'claude-haiku-4-5': { input: 1, write5m: 1.25, write1h: 2, read: 0.1 },
24}
25
26export const promptOf = (s: CacheStep) => s.reads + s.writes + s.fresh
27
28// Undefined for a model not in the table: the caller shows "≈ ?".
29function priceFor(s: CacheStep): Price | undefined {
30  const row = PRICES[s.model.replace(/-\d{8}$/, '')]
31  return row?.over100k && promptOf(s) > 100_000 ? row.over100k : row
32}
33
34export function savedUsd(s: CacheStep): number | undefined {
35  const p = priceFor(s)
36  return p && (s.reads * (p.input - p.read)) / 1e6
37}
38
39export function rewriteUsd(s: CacheStep, ttlMinutes: number): number | undefined {
40  const p = priceFor(s)
41  return p && ((s.reads + s.writes) * (ttlMinutes === 5 ? p.write5m : p.write1h)) / 1e6
42}
43
44export const cachedOf = (s: CacheStep) => s.reads + s.writes
45
46export const fmtTokens = (n: number) =>
47  n >= 1e6 ? `${(n / 1e6).toFixed(1)}M` : n >= 1e3 ? `${Math.round(n / 1e3)}k` : `${n}`
48
49export const fmtUsd = (usd: number | undefined) => (usd === undefined ? '≈ ?' : `≈ $${usd.toFixed(2)}`)
50
types/index.d.ts 15 lines
1export type CacheStep = { model: string; reads: number; writes: number; fresh: number }
2export type CacheTotals = { reads: number; writes: number; fresh: number; savedUsd: number; isUnpriced: boolean }
3
4declare module 'claude-code' {
5  interface PluginState {
6    'cache-clock': {
7      lastCacheAt: number | null
8      lastStep: CacheStep | null
9      totals: CacheTotals
10      warnedFor: number | null
11      isOn: boolean
12    }
13  }
14}
15