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cache-meter

Prompt-cache hit rate and context fill in one row above the prompt, with a switchable auto-compact threshold and Compact and Clear buttons.

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v0.3.4MITupdated 2026-10-12T-AI-Labs/claude-code-mods/cache-meter
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README

<h1 align="center">Claude Code Mods</h1>

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<a href="#install"><strong>Install</strong></a> · <a href="#cache-meter">cache-meter</a> · <a href="#usage-limits">usage-limits</a> · <a href="#token-cost">Token cost</a> · <a href="#configure">Configure</a> · <a href="#update-and-uninstall">Update</a> · <a href="#credits">Credits</a>

TL;DR

  • cache-meter shows how much of each turn the prompt cache served, next to the context fill, and puts the auto-compact threshold, Compact and Clear one click away.
  • usage-limits shows how much of the 5-hour and weekly limits is used, and how long until each resets.
  • Each is one quiet line. The figures stay neutral and only take a color when something needs attention.
  • They work in the Claude Code CLI and in the desktop app, alone or together. Together, their columns line up.
  • No network calls, no external programs and no extra tokens for the display. See Token cost.
claude plugin marketplace add T-AI-Labs/claude-code-mods
claude plugin install cache-meter@T-AI-Labs
claude plugin install usage-limits@T-AI-Labs

Install

Run the three commands above in any shell (cmd, PowerShell, bash). The mods load in every session started afterwards, in the terminal and in the desktop app.

From the prompt of a running Claude Code terminal session, the same install is:

/plugin install cache-meter --marketplace T-AI-Labs/claude-code-mods
/plugin install usage-limits --marketplace T-AI-Labs/claude-code-mods

The mods use Claude Code's function-hook plugin API, which is in early access and may change between releases. They are built and tested against Claude Code 2.1.295, the engine in the Claude desktop app 2.31226.1.

cache-meter

Cache ▮▮▮▮▮  92% (92k/100k) Context ▮▯▯▯▯  10% (100k/1M)  Auto 97% ▾  [ Compact ] [ Clear ]
ElementWhat it shows
CacheShare of the last turn's input tokens that the prompt cache served, with tokens read and total input in parentheses. Turns yellow below 40 %.
ContextFill of the model's context window, with tokens used and window size in parentheses. Turns yellow within 15 points of the auto-compact threshold and red at it.
AutoThe auto-compact threshold: the context fill, as shown under Context, at which the mod compacts on its own. A dropdown over 97, 90, 70, 60 and 50 %. The choice is kept across sessions.
CompactRuns /compact now.
ClearRuns /clear.

Both figures read – until the first response of a session, and again after a clear.

How auto-compact works

After each turn the mod compares the context fill with the threshold and runs /compact once it is reached. It does not fire again until the fill has dropped below the threshold, so a compaction that lands above it does not loop.

Claude Code's built-in auto-compaction stays on and still runs at its own limit. A threshold above that limit therefore never fires, and a long turn can pass the threshold before the mod gets to compact.

Token cost

Showing the rows costs nothing. The mods read figures Claude Code already has; they make no model requests of their own and add nothing to the conversation.

A compaction does cost tokens, whether you press Compact or the threshold triggers it: /compact is a model request that summarizes the conversation, and the next turn starts on a cold cache. The lower the threshold, the more often that happens. To keep usage down, leave the threshold high and compact by hand when it suits you.

usage-limits

5h    ▮▮▯▯▯  42% (2h 13m)   Week    ▮▮▮▮▯  78% (3d 4h)

Each rate-limit window Claude Code reports gets a gauge, the percentage used and, in parentheses, the time left until it resets. 5h is the 5-hour limit, Week the weekly one. A figure turns yellow from 75 % and red from 90 %.

The readings arrive with the first response of a session and are only reported on a subscription plan. Until then the row shows the last reading of the previous session, marked with its age (as of 3h 20m ago) and without the windows that have reset since. With nothing to show it reads Usage limits: no reading yet.

Configure

Both mods take the same two options:

OptionValuesDefaultEffect
displaygauge, textgaugegauge draws a five-segment fill level before each percentage; text leaves it out.
detailstrue, falsetrueShows the figures in parentheses.

Change them at any time from a shell, once per mod. In PowerShell:

'{"display":"text","details":"false"}' | claude plugin configure cache-meter@T-AI-Labs --values-stdin

In cmd:

echo {"display":"text","details":"false"} | claude plugin configure cache-meter@T-AI-Labs --values-stdin

Leave out an option to keep its value. claude plugin configure cache-meter@T-AI-Labs alone shows what is set. A new session picks up the change.

They can also be set while installing, with --config display=text, and in a terminal session they are rows of the /config menu. Give both mods the same settings to keep their columns aligned.

Fitting one line

cache-meter needs about 92 columns with the defaults. On a narrower window its buttons wrap to a second line. Turning details off saves about 22 columns, display set to text about 12:

Cache ▮▮▮▮▮  92% Context ▮▯▯▯▯  10%  Auto 97% ▾  [ Compact ] [ Clear ]

In the terminal, use the mouse, or move the focus into the row with ctrl+x tab: Tab walks the controls, Enter presses a button, and the arrow keys pick a threshold. To hide both rows there, collapse the band with its [-] mark or ctrl+x ctrl+a.

Update and uninstall

claude plugin marketplace update T-AI-Labs
claude plugin update cache-meter@T-AI-Labs
claude plugin update usage-limits@T-AI-Labs
claude plugin uninstall cache-meter@T-AI-Labs
claude plugin uninstall usage-limits@T-AI-Labs

A new session picks up the change.

Credits

The idea for these mods comes from Julian Ivanov and his video Diese 10 Claude Code Mods solltest du unbedingt kennen. The code in this repository was written independently.

License

MIT

Source 2 files
hooks/register.tsx 287 lines
1import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
2import type {
3  Color,
4  Elements,
5  EngineInterface,
6  Register,
7  SessionContextUsage,
8} from 'claude-code'
9
10import type { ContextFill } from '../types'
11
12const STEPS = [97, 90, 70, 60, 50]
13const OPTIONS = STEPS.map(step => ({ value: String(step), label: `${step}%` }))
14const DEFAULT_THRESHOLD = 97
15const STORE_KEY = 'threshold'
16
17// Shared with usage-limits so the columns of both rows line up.
18const LABEL_WIDTHS = [5, 7]
19const SEGMENTS = 5
20const PERCENT_WIDTH = 4
21const DETAIL_WIDTH = 10
22
23type Tags = Pick<Elements['terminal'], 'Box' | 'Text'>
24type Layout = { hasGauge: boolean; hasDetails: boolean }
25type Cell = {
26  label: string
27  column: number
28  percent: number | null
29  tone: Color
30  detail: string
31}
32
33const cache = atom({ plugin: 'cache-meter', key: 'cache' } as const, null)
34const context = atom({ plugin: 'cache-meter', key: 'context' } as const, null)
35const threshold = atom(
36  { plugin: 'cache-meter', key: 'threshold' } as const,
37  DEFAULT_THRESHOLD,
38)
39
40const toFill = (live: SessionContextUsage): ContextFill | null =>
41  live.percent === undefined || live.tokens === undefined
42    ? null
43    : { percent: live.percent, tokens: live.tokens, window: live.window }
44
45const tokens = (count: number) => {
46  const thousands = Math.round(count / 1000)
47
48  if (count < 1000) {
49    return String(count)
50  }
51
52  return thousands < 1000
53    ? `${thousands}k`
54    : `${Number((count / 1_000_000).toFixed(1))}M`
55}
56
57const cacheTone = (percent: number): Color =>
58  percent < 40 ? 'warning' : 'text'
59
60const contextTone = (percent: number, limit: number): Color =>
61  percent >= limit ? 'error' : percent >= limit - 15 ? 'warning' : 'text'
62
63const meter = ({ Box, Text }: Tags, layout: Layout, one: Cell) => {
64  const filled =
65    one.percent === null
66      ? 0
67      : Math.max(
68          0,
69          Math.min(SEGMENTS, Math.round((one.percent / 100) * SEGMENTS)),
70        )
71
72  return (
73    <Box flexDirection="row" flexShrink={0}>
74      <Box
75        minWidth={LABEL_WIDTHS[one.column] ?? LABEL_WIDTHS[1]}
76        marginRight={1}
77        flexShrink={0}
78      >
79        <Text dimColor>{one.label}</Text>
80      </Box>
81      {layout.hasGauge && (
82        <Box minWidth={SEGMENTS} marginRight={1} flexShrink={0}>
83          <Text color={one.tone}>{'▮'.repeat(filled)}</Text>
84          <Text dimColor>{'▯'.repeat(SEGMENTS - filled)}</Text>
85        </Box>
86      )}
87      <Box
88        minWidth={PERCENT_WIDTH}
89        marginRight={1}
90        flexShrink={0}
91        justifyContent="flex-end"
92      >
93        <Text color={one.percent === null ? 'inactive' : one.tone}>
94          {one.percent === null ? '–' : `${Math.round(one.percent)}%`}
95        </Text>
96      </Box>
97      {layout.hasDetails && (
98        <Box minWidth={DETAIL_WIDTH} marginRight={1} flexShrink={0}>
99          <Text dimColor>{one.detail}</Text>
100        </Box>
101      )}
102    </Box>
103  )
104}
105
106const runCommand = ($: EngineInterface, command: string) => {
107  $.command
108    .run({ command })
109    .catch(() => $.ui.toast(`cache-meter: /${command} could not run`))
110}
111
112const cycleThreshold = async ($: EngineInterface) => {
113  const value = await update(
114    $,
115    threshold,
116    held => STEPS[(STEPS.indexOf(held) + 1) % STEPS.length] ?? DEFAULT_THRESHOLD,
117  )
118  await $.store.set(STORE_KEY, value)
119}
120
121const setThreshold = async ($: EngineInterface, value: number) => {
122  if (STEPS.includes(value)) {
123    await update($, threshold, () => value)
124    await $.store.set(STORE_KEY, value)
125  }
126}
127
128export const register: Register = (on, options) => {
129  const layout: Layout = {
130    hasGauge: options.display !== 'text',
131    hasDetails: options.details !== false,
132  }
133  // Re-armed only once the fill drops below the threshold, so a compaction that lands above it does not loop.
134  let isArmed = true
135
136  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
137    const stored = await $.store.get(STORE_KEY)
138
139    if (typeof stored === 'number' && STEPS.includes(stored)) {
140      await update($, threshold, () => stored)
141    }
142
143    const usage = await $.session.usage()
144    await update($, context, () => toFill(usage.context))
145
146    return next(e)
147  })
148
149  on('session.end', async ($, e, next) => {
150    if (e.reason === 'clear') {
151      isArmed = true
152      await update($, cache, () => null)
153      await update($, context, () => null)
154    }
155
156    return next(e)
157  })
158
159  on('turn.complete', async ($, e, next) => {
160    if (e.agentId === undefined && e.usage !== undefined) {
161      const served = e.usage.cache_read_input_tokens
162      const total =
163        e.usage.input_tokens + served + e.usage.cache_creation_input_tokens
164
165      if (total > 0) {
166        await update($, cache, () => ({ read: served, total }))
167      }
168    }
169
170    return next(e)
171  })
172
173  on('session.measure', async ($, e, next) => {
174    if (e.changed.includes('context')) {
175      const fill = toFill(e.context)
176      const limit = await read($, threshold)
177      await update($, context, () => fill)
178
179      if (fill !== null && fill.percent < limit) {
180        isArmed = true
181      } else if (fill !== null && isArmed) {
182        isArmed = false
183        // A compaction is refused while the turn that raised this measurement still runs.
184        $.clock.after(250, () => runCommand($, 'compact'))
185      }
186    }
187
188    return next(e)
189  })
190
191  on('session.compact', async ($, e, next) => {
192    const compacted = await next(e)
193    const isLive = e.agentId === undefined && e.trigger !== 'precompute'
194
195    if (isLive && compacted.skip === undefined) {
196      const after = compacted.tokensAfter
197      await update($, context, held =>
198        held === null || after === undefined
199          ? null
200          : {
201              tokens: after,
202              window: held.window,
203              percent: Math.round((after / held.window) * 100),
204            },
205      )
206    }
207
208    return compacted
209  }).catch(($, e, next) => next(e))
210
211  on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
212    const below = await next(e)
213
214    if (e.props.hasSurvey) {
215      return below
216    }
217
218    const { Box, Button, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
219    const hit = await read($, cache)
220    const fill = await read($, context)
221    const limit = await read($, threshold)
222    const hitPercent = hit === null ? null : (hit.read / hit.total) * 100
223    let picker
224
225    // The mobile surface draws no Select.
226    if (e.surface === 'mobile') {
227      picker = (
228        <Button
229          key="threshold"
230          label={`Auto ${limit}%`}
231          onPress={() => void cycleThreshold($)}
232        />
233      )
234    } else {
235      const { Select } = $.ui.resolve(e)
236      picker = (
237        <Select
238          key="threshold"
239          label="Auto"
240          options={OPTIONS}
241          value={String(limit)}
242          onSelect={value => void setThreshold($, Number(value))}
243        />
244      )
245    }
246
247    return (
248      <Box flexDirection="column">
249        <Box flexDirection="row" flexWrap="wrap">
250          {meter({ Box, Text }, layout, {
251            label: 'Cache',
252            column: 0,
253            percent: hitPercent,
254            tone: cacheTone(hitPercent ?? 100),
255            detail:
256              hit === null ? '' : `(${tokens(hit.read)}/${tokens(hit.total)})`,
257          })}
258          {meter({ Box, Text }, layout, {
259            label: 'Context',
260            column: 1,
261            percent: fill === null ? null : fill.percent,
262            tone: contextTone(fill === null ? 0 : fill.percent, limit),
263            detail:
264              fill === null
265                ? ''
266                : `(${tokens(fill.tokens)}/${tokens(fill.window)})`,
267          })}
268          <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1} flexShrink={0}>
269            {picker}
270            <Button
271              key="compact"
272              label="Compact"
273              onPress={() => runCommand($, 'compact')}
274            />
275            <Button
276              key="clear"
277              label="Clear"
278              onPress={() => runCommand($, 'clear')}
279            />
280          </Box>
281        </Box>
282        {below}
283      </Box>
284    )
285  })
286}
287
types/index.d.ts 14 lines
1export type CacheHit = { read: number; total: number }
2
3export type ContextFill = { percent: number; tokens: number; window: number }
4
5declare module 'claude-code' {
6  interface PluginState {
7    'cache-meter': {
8      cache: CacheHit | null
9      context: ContextFill | null
10      threshold: number
11    }
12  }
13}
14