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Your Claude plan usage above the prompt: session and weekly limits, reset countdowns, pace, context fill and limit warnings.

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v0.1.0MITupdated 2026-10-10Tanish-Dev/claude-usage-band
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Usage Band for Claude Code

A Claude Code mod that shows your plan usage right above the prompt, so you never have to dig through settings to find out how much of your limit is left.

Session ━━━━━━━━━━ 34% 2h 14m   Week ━━━━━━━━━━ 12% 3d 8h   Context ━━━━━━━━━━ 41%   Details  Hide

Works in the Claude Code terminal and in the Claude desktop app's Code tab.

Install

Type this at the prompt of a Claude Code terminal session:

/plugin install usage-band --marketplace Tanish-Dev/claude-usage-band

Answer y to add the marketplace, then pick the user scope. The band appears in that session straight away and in every session you start afterwards, the desktop app's included.

What it shows

  • Session limit (the 5-hour window): percentage used and time until it resets.
  • Weekly limit: percentage used and time until it resets.
  • Context: how full the current conversation's context window is.

Each meter has its own colour (blue, purple, green) and turns orange at 75% and red at 90%.

Extras

  • Details view: press Details for one row per meter, with the reset countdown, token counts, and how long the chat has run.
  • Pace: the details view projects where each window will land, for example on pace for ~57% by reset or limit in ~1h 20m at this pace. A meter turns orange early when your pace would hit the limit.
  • Limit warnings: a toast when a limit crosses 75%, 90% and 95%, once per threshold per window.
  • Remembers: your chosen view and the last limit reading carry over, so a new session shows numbers before its first reply.
  • Clawd (desktop app): a small animated pixel crab at the start of the band. Hover it and it comments on your actual numbers, like how much of the session limit is left, when it resets, and whether your pace will get you there.

Command

CommandWhat it does
/usage-bandPrints a usage summary and brings a hidden band back
/usage-band fullDetailed view
/usage-band compactOne-line view
/usage-band hideHides the band

Good to know

  • Limits are read from Claude Code itself, so they need a Claude subscription (Pro, Max, Team). With an API key the band shows context only.
  • Numbers refresh after each reply; countdowns tick every 30 seconds.
  • Nothing leaves your machine: the mod makes no network requests.
  • Claude Code mods are an early-access API that may change between releases. Written against Claude Code 2.1.295.

Develop

claude plugin validate .
claude plugin test .

To run a working copy, start a session with claude --plugin-dir <this folder>.

License

MIT. An unofficial community mod, not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic.

Source 2 files
hooks/register.tsx 504 lines
1import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
2import type { Register } from 'claude-code'
3
4import type { ContextFill, Limit, Mode, Reading } from '../types'
5
6const reading = atom({ plugin: 'usage-band', key: 'reading' } as const, null)
7const mode = atom({ plugin: 'usage-band', key: 'mode' } as const, 'compact')
8const tick = atom({ plugin: 'usage-band', key: 'tick' } as const, 0)
9const alerted = atom({ plugin: 'usage-band', key: 'alerted' } as const, {})
10
11const MINUTE = 60_000
12const HOUR = 60 * MINUTE
13const DAY = 24 * HOUR
14const THRESHOLDS = [75, 90, 95]
15const FILL = '━'
16// Clawd as pixels, for the surfaces that draw them (the terminal has none): a body with two eye holes,
17// two arms and four legs. It blinks, taps its feet, hops and waves a claw now
18// and then, and squints as the limits fill.
19const clawdSvg = (isSquinting: boolean): string => {
20  const body = '#D97757'
21  const move = (values: string, keyTimes: string, dur: string) =>
22    `<animateTransform attributeName="transform" type="translate" values="${values}" keyTimes="${keyTimes}" dur="${dur}" repeatCount="indefinite"/>`
23  const lids = isSquinting
24    ? `<path fill="${body}" d="M4 2h1v1H4zM11 2h1v1h-1z"/>`
25    : `<path fill="${body}" opacity="0" d="M4 2h1v2H4zM11 2h1v2h-1z"><animate attributeName="opacity" values="0;0;1;0" keyTimes="0;0.95;0.975;1" dur="5s" repeatCount="indefinite"/></path>`
26
27  return [
28    '<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 -1 16 12" width="24" height="18" shape-rendering="crispEdges">',
29    `<g fill="${body}">`,
30    move('0 0;0 0;0 -1;0 0;0 0', '0;0.6;0.66;0.72;1', '4s'),
31    '<path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M2 0h12v9H2zM4 2v2h1V2zM11 2v2h1V2z"/>',
32    lids,
33    '<path d="M0 4h2v2H0z"/>',
34    `<path d="M14 4h2v2h-2z">${move('0 0;0 -1;0 0;0 -1;0 0;0 0', '0;0.04;0.08;0.12;0.16;1', '7s')}</path>`,
35    `<path d="M3 9h1v2H3zM10 9h1v2h-1z">${move('0 0;0 -1;0 0;0 0', '0;0.05;0.1;1', '4s')}</path>`,
36    `<path d="M5 9h1v2H5zM12 9h1v2h-1z">${move('0 0;0 0;0 -1;0 0;0 0', '0;0.1;0.15;0.2;1', '4s')}</path>`,
37    '</g>',
38    '</svg>',
39  ].join('')
40}
41
42// The system palette: one hue pair per meter, warm ones as a window fills.
43type Hues = readonly [string, string]
44const BLUE: Hues = ['#0A84FF', '#64D2FF']
45const PURPLE: Hues = ['#BF5AF2', '#FF6BD6']
46const GREEN: Hues = ['#28BD52', '#63E6E2']
47const INDIGO: Hues = ['#5E5CE6', '#0A84FF']
48const ORANGE: Hues = ['#FF9F0A', '#FFD60A']
49const RED: Hues = ['#FF453A', '#FF375F']
50
51type Meter = {
52  key: string
53  label: string
54  percent: number
55  hues: Hues
56  // The short tail of the one-line view, and the sentence of the detailed one.
57  brief: string
58  detail: string
59}
60
61const windowMs = (kind: string): number | undefined =>
62  kind.startsWith('five_hour') ? 5 * HOUR : kind.startsWith('seven_day') ? 7 * DAY : undefined
63
64const labelOf = (kind: string): string => {
65  if (kind === 'five_hour') return 'Session'
66  if (kind === 'seven_day') return 'Week'
67  if (kind === 'spend_limit') return 'Spend'
68  if (kind.startsWith('seven_day_')) return `Week ${kind.slice(10).replace(/_/g, ' ')}`
69
70  return kind.replace(/_/g, ' ')
71}
72
73const restHues = (kind: string): Hues =>
74  kind === 'context'
75    ? GREEN
76    : kind.startsWith('five_hour')
77      ? BLUE
78      : kind.startsWith('seven_day')
79        ? PURPLE
80        : INDIGO
81
82const huesOf = (kind: string, percent: number, isHot = false): Hues =>
83  percent >= 90 ? RED : percent >= 75 || isHot ? ORANGE : restHues(kind)
84
85const span = (ms: number): string => {
86  const minutes = Math.max(1, Math.round(ms / MINUTE))
87  if (minutes >= 24 * 60) {
88    const hours = Math.round(minutes / 60)
89
90    return hours % 24 === 0 ? `${hours / 24}d` : `${Math.floor(hours / 24)}d ${hours % 24}h`
91  }
92  if (minutes >= 60) {
93    return minutes % 60 === 0 ? `${minutes / 60}h` : `${Math.floor(minutes / 60)}h ${minutes % 60}m`
94  }
95
96  return `${minutes}m`
97}
98
99const tokens = (count: number): string =>
100  count >= 1_000_000
101    ? `${(count / 1_000_000).toFixed(1)}M`
102    : count >= 1000
103      ? `${Math.round(count / 1000)}k`
104      : String(count)
105
106const whole = (percent: number): string => `${Math.round(percent)}%`
107
108// Where the window ends up if the rest of it is spent as fast as its start.
109const pace = (limit: Limit, left: number): { text: string; isHot: boolean } | undefined => {
110  const length = windowMs(limit.kind)
111  if (length === undefined || left <= 0 || limit.percentUsed <= 0) return undefined
112  const elapsed = length - left
113  if (elapsed < length * 0.05) return undefined
114  const rate = limit.percentUsed / elapsed
115  const projected = limit.percentUsed + rate * left
116  if (limit.percentUsed >= 100) return undefined
117  if (projected >= 100) {
118    return { text: `limit in ~${span((100 - limit.percentUsed) / rate)} at this pace`, isHot: true }
119  }
120
121  return { text: `on pace for ~${whole(projected)} by reset`, isHot: false }
122}
123
124const limitMeter = (limit: Limit, now: number): Meter => {
125  const resetsAt = limit.resetsAt === undefined ? NaN : Date.parse(limit.resetsAt)
126  const left = resetsAt - now
127  // A window whose reset has passed is empty until the next reply says otherwise.
128  if (left <= 0) {
129    return {
130      key: limit.kind,
131      label: labelOf(limit.kind),
132      percent: 0,
133      hues: restHues(limit.kind),
134      brief: 'reset',
135      detail: 'window has reset',
136    }
137  }
138  const ahead = pace(limit, left)
139  const resets = Number.isNaN(left) ? '' : `resets in ${span(left)}`
140
141  return {
142    key: limit.kind,
143    label: labelOf(limit.kind),
144    percent: limit.percentUsed,
145    hues: huesOf(limit.kind, limit.percentUsed, ahead?.isHot),
146    brief: Number.isNaN(left) ? '' : span(left),
147    detail: [resets, limit.percentUsed >= 100 ? 'limit reached' : ahead?.text]
148      .filter(part => part !== undefined && part !== '')
149      .join(' · '),
150  }
151}
152
153const contextMeter = (context: ContextFill): Meter | undefined => {
154  if (context.percent === undefined) return undefined
155
156  return {
157    key: 'context',
158    label: 'Context',
159    percent: context.percent,
160    hues: huesOf('context', context.percent),
161    brief: '',
162    detail:
163      context.tokens === undefined
164        ? `of a ${tokens(context.window)} window`
165        : `${tokens(context.tokens)} of ${tokens(context.window)} tokens`,
166  }
167}
168
169const metersOf = (data: Reading, now: number): Meter[] => {
170  const meters = data.limits.map(limit => limitMeter(limit, now))
171  const context = data.context === undefined ? undefined : contextMeter(data.context)
172
173  return context === undefined ? meters : [...meters, context]
174}
175
176const sessionLine = (data: Reading, now: number): string =>
177  [
178    data.startedAt === undefined ? undefined : `This chat ${span(now - data.startedAt)}`,
179    data.costUsd === undefined || data.costUsd <= 0
180      ? undefined
181      : `$${data.costUsd.toFixed(2)} at API rates`,
182  ]
183    .filter(part => part !== undefined)
184    .join(' · ')
185
186const summary = (data: Reading | null, now: number): string => {
187  const meters = data === null ? [] : metersOf(data, now)
188  if (data === null || meters.length === 0) return 'No usage reading yet: it arrives with the first reply.'
189
190  return [
191    ...meters.map(m => `${m.label}: ${whole(m.percent)}${m.detail === '' ? '' : ` (${m.detail})`}`),
192    sessionLine(data, now),
193  ]
194    .filter(line => line !== '')
195    .join('\n')
196}
197
198// What Clawd says when hovered: lines made from the reading itself, so they
199// change as the numbers do.
200const sayings = (data: Reading, now: number): string[] => {
201  const lines: string[] = []
202  for (const limit of data.limits) {
203    const name =
204      limit.kind === 'five_hour'
205        ? 'session'
206        : limit.kind === 'seven_day'
207          ? 'weekly'
208          : labelOf(limit.kind).toLowerCase()
209    const left = limit.resetsAt === undefined ? NaN : Date.parse(limit.resetsAt) - now
210    if (left <= 0) {
211      lines.push(`The ${name} limit just reset. Fresh claws, full tank.`)
212      continue
213    }
214    const percent = limit.percentUsed
215    const used = whole(percent)
216    lines.push(
217      percent >= 100
218        ? `The ${name} limit is spent. Time to bask on a rock.`
219        : percent >= 90
220          ? `${used} of the ${name} limit gone. Pinching every token now.`
221          : percent >= 75
222            ? `${used} of the ${name} limit used. Getting snappy, pace yourself.`
223            : percent >= 50
224              ? `${used} into the ${name} limit. Steady as she scuttles.`
225              : percent >= 25
226                ? `${whole(100 - percent)} of the ${name} limit still free. Cruising sideways.`
227                : `Only ${used} of the ${name} limit used. Plenty of room in the shell.`,
228    )
229    if (Number.isNaN(left)) continue
230    lines.push(
231      left < 30 * MINUTE
232        ? `The ${name} limit resets in ${span(left)}. Fresh claws incoming.`
233        : percent >= 75
234          ? `${span(left)} until the ${name} limit resets. Hang in there.`
235          : `${span(left)} until the ${name} limit resets. No rush.`,
236    )
237    const ahead = pace(limit, left)
238    if (ahead?.isHot === true) {
239      lines.push(`Careful: ${ahead.text} on the ${name} limit. Maybe slow the scuttle.`)
240    } else if (ahead !== undefined) {
241      lines.push(`You are ${ahead.text} on the ${name} limit. Carry on.`)
242    }
243  }
244
245  const context = data.context
246  if (context?.percent !== undefined) {
247    const size =
248      context.tokens === undefined ? '' : ` (${tokens(context.tokens)} of ${tokens(context.window)})`
249    lines.push(
250      context.percent >= 80
251        ? `Context is ${whole(context.percent)} full${size}. A /compact would feel nice.`
252        : context.percent >= 50
253          ? `Context is ${whole(context.percent)} full${size}. Getting cosy in here.`
254          : `Context is ${whole(context.percent)} full${size}. Lots of room to think.`,
255    )
256  }
257  if (data.costUsd !== undefined && data.costUsd > 0) {
258    lines.push(`$${data.costUsd.toFixed(2)} of tokens at API rates this chat. I am not judging.`)
259  }
260  if (data.startedAt !== undefined) {
261    const age = now - data.startedAt
262    lines.push(
263      age >= 2 * HOUR
264        ? `${span(age)} in this chat. Stretch your claws.`
265        : `${span(age)} into this chat. Nice and fresh.`,
266    )
267  }
268
269  return lines.length === 0 ? ['Snip snip.'] : lines
270}
271
272// JSON data only: a field the engine left out is left out, never `undefined`.
273const plain = <T,>(value: T): T => JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(value)) as T
274
275export const register: Register = on => {
276  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
277    await $.command.register({
278      name: 'usage-band',
279      description: 'Show, hide or expand the usage band above the prompt',
280      argumentHint: '[show|hide|compact|full]',
281      immediate: true,
282    })
283
284    const kept = await $.store.get('mode').catch(() => undefined)
285    if (kept === 'compact' || kept === 'full' || kept === 'hidden') {
286      await update($, mode, () => kept)
287    }
288
289    // Rate limits are the account's, so the last session's reading stands in
290    // until this one's first reply; context and cost are this session's alone.
291    const last = (await $.store.get('limits').catch(() => undefined)) as Limit[] | undefined
292    const usage = await $.session.usage().catch(() => undefined)
293    const limits = usage !== undefined && usage.rateLimits.length > 0 ? usage.rateLimits : last
294    await update($, reading, held =>
295      plain<Reading>({
296        limits: limits ?? held?.limits ?? [],
297        context: usage?.context ?? held?.context,
298        costUsd: usage?.cost?.usd ?? held?.costUsd,
299        startedAt: usage?.startedAt ?? held?.startedAt,
300      }),
301    )
302
303    // The countdowns move with the clock, not with a reply.
304    $.clock.every(30_000, () => void update($, tick, n => n + 1))
305
306    return next(e)
307  })
308
309  on('session.measure', async ($, e, next) => {
310    const held = await read($, reading)
311    const limits = e.rateLimits.length > 0 ? e.rateLimits : (held?.limits ?? [])
312    await update($, reading, was =>
313      plain<Reading>({
314        limits,
315        context: { window: e.context.window, tokens: e.context.tokens, percent: e.context.percent },
316        costUsd: e.cost?.usd ?? was?.costUsd,
317        startedAt: was?.startedAt,
318      }),
319    )
320
321    if (e.rateLimits.length > 0) {
322      await $.store.set('limits', plain(e.rateLimits)).catch(() => undefined)
323    }
324
325    // One warning per threshold per window: the key carries the reset, so the
326    // next window warns afresh.
327    const now = await $.clock.now()
328    const seen = await read($, alerted)
329    const nextSeen: Record<string, number> = {}
330    for (const limit of e.rateLimits) {
331      const key = `${limit.kind}@${limit.resetsAt ?? ''}`
332      const before = seen[key] ?? 0
333      const crossed = THRESHOLDS.filter(t => limit.percentUsed >= t).pop() ?? 0
334      nextSeen[key] = Math.max(before, crossed)
335      if (crossed > before) {
336        const meter = limitMeter(limit, now)
337        $.ui.toast(
338          `${meter.label} limit ${whole(limit.percentUsed)} used${meter.detail === '' ? '' : ` · ${meter.detail}`}`,
339          { timeoutMs: 8000 },
340        )
341      }
342    }
343    await update($, alerted, () => nextSeen)
344
345    return next(e)
346  })
347
348  on('command.run', { command: 'usage-band' }, async ($, e) => {
349    const arg = e.args.trim().toLowerCase()
350    const wanted: Mode | undefined =
351      arg === 'hide' || arg === 'off'
352        ? 'hidden'
353        : arg === 'full' || arg === 'details'
354          ? 'full'
355          : arg === 'compact' || arg === 'show' || arg === 'on'
356            ? 'compact'
357            : undefined
358
359    if (arg !== '' && wanted === undefined) {
360      return { text: `Unknown option "${arg}". Use /usage-band show, hide, compact or full.` }
361    }
362
363    // Bare, it reports and brings a hidden band back.
364    const current = await read($, mode)
365    const target = wanted ?? (current === 'hidden' ? 'compact' : current)
366    await update($, mode, () => target)
367    await $.store.set('mode', target).catch(() => undefined)
368
369    if (target === 'hidden') return { text: `Usage band hidden. /usage-band brings it back.` }
370
371    return { text: summary(await read($, reading), await $.clock.now()) }
372  })
373
374  on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
375    const view = await read($, mode)
376    if (e.props.hasSurvey || view === 'hidden') return next(e)
377
378    const data = await read($, reading)
379    const beat = await read($, tick)
380    const now = await $.clock.now()
381    const meters = data === null ? [] : metersOf(data, now)
382    const table = $.ui.resolve(e)
383    const { Box, Button, Text } = table
384    // Pixels where the surface draws them, glyphs on the terminal.
385    const Svg = e.surface !== 'terminal' && 'Svg' in table ? table.Svg : undefined
386
387    const setMode = async (to: Mode) => {
388      await update($, mode, () => to)
389      await $.store.set('mode', to).catch(() => undefined)
390    }
391    const hide = async () => {
392      await setMode('hidden')
393      $.ui.toast(`Usage hidden · /usage-band brings it back`)
394    }
395
396    if (data === null || meters.length === 0) {
397      return (
398        <Box gap={2}>
399          <Text dimColor>Usage appears after the first reply.</Text>
400          <Button key="hide" role="dismiss" dimColor label="Hide" onPress={hide} />
401        </Box>
402      )
403    }
404
405    const columns = e.props.bodyColumns
406    const fullest = Math.max(...meters.map(meter => meter.percent))
407    const lines = sayings(data, now)
408    const saying = lines[(beat + Math.floor(now / 30_000)) % lines.length] ?? ''
409    // Hovering Clawd shows what it has to say in a talk bubble laid over the
410    // meters beside it, so nothing in the band moves. The terminal has no Clawd.
411    const clawd = Svg !== undefined && (
412      <Box key="clawd" position="relative" alignItems="center" flexShrink={0}>
413        <Svg source={clawdSvg(fullest >= 75)} alt="Clawd" width={24} height={18} />
414        <Box
415          position="absolute"
416          top={0}
417          left={4}
418          display="none"
419          hover={{ display: 'flex' }}
420          paddingX={1}
421        >
422          <Text color="claude">
423            {'◂ '}
424          </Text>
425          <Text color="text" wrap="truncate-end">
426            {saying}
427          </Text>
428        </Box>
429      </Box>
430    )
431    const bar = (meter: Meter, width: number) => {
432      const filled =
433        meter.percent <= 0 ? 0 : Math.min(width, Math.max(1, Math.round((meter.percent / 100) * width)))
434
435      return (
436        <Text>
437          <Text color={meter.hues[0]}>{FILL.repeat(filled)}</Text>
438          <Text color="subtle">{FILL.repeat(width - filled)}</Text>
439        </Text>
440      )
441    }
442
443    if (view === 'compact') {
444      // One line, always: a proportional font draws the bar's glyphs wide, so
445      // the desktop gets fewer of them, and nothing here may wrap.
446      const width = Svg !== undefined ? 5 : columns >= 100 ? 8 : columns >= 72 ? 5 : 0
447
448      return (
449        <Box columnGap={2} flexWrap="nowrap" alignItems="center">
450          {clawd}
451          {meters.map(meter => (
452            <Box gap={1} flexShrink={0}>
453              <Text dimColor wrap="truncate-end">
454                {meter.label}
455              </Text>
456              {width > 0 && bar(meter, width)}
457              <Text bold color={meter.hues[0]}>
458                {whole(meter.percent)}
459              </Text>
460              {meter.brief !== '' && (
461                <Text dimColor wrap="truncate-end">
462                  {meter.brief}
463                </Text>
464              )}
465            </Box>
466          ))}
467          <Button key="details" plain dimColor label="Details" onPress={() => setMode('full')} />
468        </Box>
469      )
470    }
471
472    const labelWidth = Math.max(...meters.map(meter => meter.label.length)) + 2
473    const width = Math.max(8, Math.min(28, columns - labelWidth - 48))
474    const footer = sessionLine(data, now)
475
476    return (
477      <Box flexDirection="column">
478        {meters.map(meter => (
479          <Box gap={1}>
480            <Box width={labelWidth}>
481              <Text>{meter.label}</Text>
482            </Box>
483            {bar(meter, width)}
484            <Box width={5} justifyContent="flex-end">
485              <Text bold color={meter.hues[0]}>
486                {whole(meter.percent)}
487              </Text>
488            </Box>
489            <Text dimColor wrap="truncate-end">
490              {meter.detail}
491            </Text>
492          </Box>
493        ))}
494        <Box gap={2}>
495          {clawd}
496          {footer !== '' && <Text dimColor>{footer}</Text>}
497          <Button key="compact" dimColor label="Less" onPress={() => setMode('compact')} />
498          <Button key="hide" role="dismiss" dimColor label="Hide" onPress={hide} />
499        </Box>
500      </Box>
501    )
502  })
503}
504
types/index.d.ts 24 lines
1export type Limit = { kind: string; percentUsed: number; resetsAt?: string }
2
3export type ContextFill = { window: number; tokens?: number; percent?: number }
4
5export type Reading = {
6  limits: Limit[]
7  context?: ContextFill
8  costUsd?: number
9  startedAt?: number
10}
11
12export type Mode = 'compact' | 'full' | 'hidden'
13
14declare module 'claude-code' {
15  interface PluginState {
16    'usage-band': {
17      reading: Reading | null
18      mode: Mode
19      tick: number
20      alerted: Record<string, number>
21    }
22  }
23}
24