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context-meter

Context usage bar against a 150k-token budget (can exceed 100%): status line in the terminal, band above the prompt on desktop

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v0.3.0no licenseupdated 2026-10-14lrdub/claude-code-context-meter-mod
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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 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── › ? for shortcuts ⚠ context-meter: ctx: ██████░░░░ 65% (97400/150000 tokens)
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context-meter

Claude Code mod: a horizontal bar showing context usage against a 150k-token budget (can exceed 100%). In the terminal it sits on the status line; in the desktop app, which does not draw mod status lines, it is a band above the prompt.

Install

At a Claude Code terminal prompt:

/plugin install context-meter --marketplace lrdub/claude-code-context-meter-mod

Answer y to add the marketplace, then pick the user scope.

Source 2 files
hooks/register.tsx 51 lines
1import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
2import type { Register } from 'claude-code'
3
4import type { Tokens } from '../types'
5
6// 100% means this many tokens, whatever the model's real window; usage past it reads above 100%.
7export const BUDGET = 150_000
8
9// Cells in the bar; it fills at 100% and stays full beyond.
10export const BAR_WIDTH = 10
11
12export const formatBar = (fraction: number): string => {
13  const filled = Math.min(BAR_WIDTH, Math.max(0, Math.round(fraction * BAR_WIDTH)))
14  return '█'.repeat(filled) + '░'.repeat(BAR_WIDTH - filled)
15}
16
17export const formatContext = (tokens: number | undefined): string => {
18  const used = tokens ?? 0
19  const fraction = used / BUDGET
20  return `ctx: ${formatBar(fraction)} ${Math.round(fraction * 100)}% (${used}/${BUDGET} tokens)`
21}
22
23// The desktop app does not draw a mod's status line, so there the meter is a band above the prompt.
24const tokens = atom({ plugin: 'context-meter', key: 'tokens' } as const, null as Tokens)
25
26export const register: Register = on => {
27  on('session.start', ($, e, next) => {
28    $.ui.status(formatContext(undefined))
29    return next(e)
30  })
31
32  on('session.measure', async ($, e, next) => {
33    if (e.changed.includes('context')) {
34      $.ui.status(formatContext(e.context.tokens))
35      await update($, tokens, () => e.context.tokens ?? null)
36    }
37    return next(e)
38  })
39
40  on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
41    if (e.surface !== 'desktop' || e.props.hasSurvey) return next(e)
42
43    const { Box, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
44    return (
45      <Box>
46        <Text dimColor>{formatContext((await read($, tokens)) ?? undefined)}</Text>
47      </Box>
48    )
49  })
50}
51
types/index.d.ts 8 lines
1export type Tokens = number | null
2
3declare module 'claude-code' {
4  interface PluginState {
5    'context-meter': { tokens: Tokens }
6  }
7}
8