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usage-meter

Model, context window and rate-limit (5h / 7d) braille meters in a band above the prompt

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v?MITupdated 2026-10-07kawase1295/usage-meter
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usage-meter

ci License: MIT Claude Code 2.1.287+

A Claude Code mod that keeps your usage in view: the model, how full the context window is, and the 5-hour and 7-day rate-limit windows, drawn as braille meters in a band above the prompt.

usage-meter: the meters filling up over two turns and dropping back after /compact

Opus 5.5 │ ctx ⣷        11% │ 5h ⣿⣤       18% ↻ 16:10 │ 7d ⣿⣿⣦      33%

Each bar is colored by how full it is, green through yellow to red. The 5h window also shows when it resets: HH:MM within the next 20 hours, M/D HH:MM beyond that, in local time.

Install

/plugin marketplace add kawase1295/usage-meter
/plugin install usage-meter@usage-meter

The plugin is installed over HTTPS from the released main branch. To move to a newer release later, refresh the catalog and then update the plugin, and restart Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace update usage-meter
claude plugin update usage-meter@usage-meter

Requirements

  • Claude Code with function-hook mods (2.1.287 or later). The mod API is in early access and may change between releases.
  • The 5h / 7d meters need a Claude subscription. Elsewhere no rate-limit windows are reported, and only the model and ctx are shown.

How it works

  • hooks/register.tsx draws the AbovePrompt band. Each draw reads $.session.usage() and $.session.model(); a session.measure event (after each turn, or when a rate-limit window moves a point) asks for a redraw.
  • hooks/format.ts holds the pure parts: the braille bar, the color gradient, the reset time and the model display name (claude-opus-5-5 → Opus 5.5).
  • The band steps aside while a survey holds it.

Development

scripts/check          # claude plugin validate + claude plugin test
claude --plugin-dir .  # run a session with this checkout loaded

License

MIT

Source 2 files
hooks/register.tsx 41 lines
1import type { Register } from 'claude-code'
2
3import { buildMeters, modelLabel } from './format'
4
5export const register: Register = on => {
6  // the band reads usage on every draw; a new measurement asks for a redraw
7  on('session.measure', ($, e, next) => {
8    $.ui.invalidate('ui.render')
9    return next(e)
10  })
11
12  on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
13    if (e.props.hasSurvey) return next(e)
14
15    const { context, rateLimits } = await $.session.usage()
16    const model = modelLabel(await $.session.model())
17    const meters = buildMeters({ contextPercent: context.percent, rateLimits }, await $.clock.now())
18
19    const { Box, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
20    // Other mods beneath draw in the same band: keep theirs, the meters closest to the prompt.
21    const below = await next(e)
22
23    return (
24      <Box flexDirection="column">
25        {below}
26        <Box>
27          <Text>{model}</Text>
28          {meters.map(m => (
29            <Text key={m.label}>
30              <Text dimColor> │ {m.label} </Text>
31              <Text color={m.color}>{m.bar}</Text>
32              <Text> {m.percent}%</Text>
33              {m.reset ? <Text dimColor> ↻ {m.reset}</Text> : null}
34            </Text>
35          ))}
36        </Box>
37      </Box>
38    )
39  })
40}
41
hooks/format.ts 82 lines
1import type { SessionRateLimit } from 'claude-code'
2
3const BRAILLE = ' ⣀⣄⣤⣦⣶⣷⣿'
4
5export type Usage = {
6  contextPercent?: number
7  rateLimits: SessionRateLimit[]
8}
9
10export type Meter = {
11  label: string
12  percent: number
13  bar: string
14  color: string
15  reset: string
16}
17
18const clamp = (pct: number) => Math.min(Math.max(pct, 0), 100)
19
20export const brailleBar = (pct: number, width = 8): string => {
21  const level = clamp(pct) / 100
22  let bar = ''
23  for (let i = 0; i < width; i++) {
24    const start = i / width
25    const end = (i + 1) / width
26    if (level >= end) bar += BRAILLE[7]
27    else if (level <= start) bar += BRAILLE[0]
28    else bar += BRAILLE[Math.min(Math.floor(((level - start) / (end - start)) * 7), 7)]
29  }
30  return bar
31}
32
33const hex = (n: number) => Math.max(0, Math.min(255, Math.trunc(n))).toString(16).padStart(2, '0')
34
35/** green (0%) -> yellow (50%) -> red (100%) */
36export const gradient = (pct: number): string => {
37  const p = clamp(pct)
38  return p < 50 ? `#${hex(p * 5.1)}c850` : `#ff${hex(200 - (p - 50) * 4)}3c`
39}
40
41const pad2 = (n: number) => String(n).padStart(2, '0')
42
43/** Local HH:MM within 20h, else M/D HH:MM; '' when absent or unparsable. */
44export const formatReset = (iso: string | undefined, nowMs: number): string => {
45  if (!iso) return ''
46  const at = new Date(iso)
47  const ms = at.getTime()
48  if (Number.isNaN(ms)) return ''
49  const hm = `${pad2(at.getHours())}:${pad2(at.getMinutes())}`
50  const delta = ms - nowMs
51  return delta >= 0 && delta < 20 * 3600_000 ? hm : `${at.getMonth() + 1}/${at.getDate()} ${hm}`
52}
53
54/** claude-opus-5-5 -> Opus 5.5; a date suffix and [1m] are dropped. */
55export const modelLabel = (id: string): string => {
56  const m = /^claude-([a-z]+)-(\d+)-(\d+)(?:-\d{8})?(?:\[\w+\])?$/.exec(id)
57  if (!m) return id
58  const [, family = '', major, minor] = m
59  return `${family.charAt(0).toUpperCase()}${family.slice(1)} ${major}.${minor}`
60}
61
62const meter = (label: string, pct: number, reset = ''): Meter => ({
63  label,
64  percent: Math.round(pct),
65  bar: brailleBar(pct),
66  color: gradient(pct),
67  reset,
68})
69
70export const buildMeters = (u: Usage, nowMs: number): Meter[] => {
71  const meters: Meter[] = []
72  if (u.contextPercent !== undefined) meters.push(meter('ctx', u.contextPercent))
73
74  const five = u.rateLimits.find(r => r.kind === 'five_hour')
75  if (five) meters.push(meter('5h', five.percentUsed, formatReset(five.resetsAt, nowMs)))
76
77  const week = u.rateLimits.find(r => r.kind === 'seven_day')
78  if (week) meters.push(meter('7d', week.percentUsed))
79
80  return meters
81}
82