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Prompt-cache countdown, cache hit rate, context weather and weekly limit in the permission-mode line under the prompt (not the status line).

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v0.2.2MITupdated 2026-10-12vmurin/cache-weather
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cache-weather

A tiny Claude Code mod, installed as a plugin, that shows the prompt-cache countdown, the cache hit rate, how full the context is and your weekly limit in the permission-mode line, the row under the prompt that shows ⏵⏵ auto mode on. It is not your status line, which it leaves alone.

The permission-mode line under the Claude Code prompt with the cache-weather segment

What it shows

PartMeaning
☀️ 🌧️ ⛈️ ctx 29%How full the context window is, and its weather: sunny up to half the auto-compact threshold, rainy up to 80 % of it, stormy above. The weather follows the context only, never the cache
46 minTime until the prompt cache expires. The cache lives for 5 min or 1 h after each response, depending on your session, and this counts down from that. Green, yellow in the last quarter, red in the last tenth, expired at zero
hit 90%Share of the last response's input tokens served from the cache
7d 66%Share of the weekly (seven-day) usage limit used so far
⏳ 16.10. 08:00When the weekly limit resets, in local time

Takes no extra space

There is no new panel or band. The figures go at the end of the row that already shows the permission mode (⏵⏵ auto mode on). Claude Code's docs call this row the status bar, its plugin API the prompt hint line. The mode stays Claude Code's own, in its own colour; only the (shift+tab to cycle) reminder is dropped.

It is a different row from the status line (statusLine in your settings), which sits above it. The mod does not touch your status line, so you can keep your own.

Why

  • Cache: an expired cache makes the next request re-send the whole conversation at full price. The countdown tells you whether a pause has already cost you that.
  • Hit rate: input read from the cache costs a tenth of the normal price, so a high rate means a cheap request. A low rate mid-conversation means the cache was rebuilt at extra cost, because it expired or something early in the prompt changed (another model, /compact, a new MCP server or tool).
  • Context weather: warns before auto-compaction kicks in, so you can /compact at a good moment yourself.
  • Weekly limit: how much of your weekly usage you have already spent, and when it resets.

Install

In Claude Code (terminal), type:

/plugin install cache-weather --marketplace vmurin/cache-weather

Answer y to add the marketplace, pick the user scope with Enter, and the line appears right away. In sessions that were already open, run /reload-plugins.

To remove it: /plugin uninstall cache-weather.

Tested on Claude Code 2.1.296.

Development

claude plugin validate .
claude plugin test .
claude --plugin-dir .   # run a session with this working copy

Keywords

claude-code, claude-code-mod, claude-mod, claude-code-plugin, prompt-cache, cache-ttl, context-window, auto-compact, token-usage, rate-limit, statusline

License

MIT

Source 3 files
hooks/register.tsx 210 lines
1// Appends "☀️ ctx 29% · 46 min · hit 90% · 7d 66% · ⏳ 16.10. 08:00" to the hint line under the prompt:
2// the weather and the context fill it stands for first, then the cache, then the weekly limit.
3// The engine keeps drawing its own mode pill ("⏵⏵ auto mode on") in front of this tree.
4
5import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
6import type { EngineInterface, Register, Timer } from 'claude-code'
7
8import type { CacheReading, CacheTtl } from '../types'
9import {
10  DEFAULT_THRESHOLD_PERCENT,
11  FIVE_MINUTES_MS,
12  WEATHER_EMOJI,
13  countdown,
14  hitPercent,
15  msToNextMinute,
16  percentOf,
17  readTranscriptTail,
18  RESET_ICON,
19  formatReset,
20  trimHint,
21  weather,
22  weeklyLimit,
23} from './logic'
24import type { CacheLevel } from './logic'
25
26/** Enough transcript to reach the newest responses even after long tool output. */
27const TRANSCRIPT_TAIL_BYTES = '2000000'
28/** The transcript's rows of a turn land on disk shortly after its Stop hooks run. */
29const TRANSCRIPT_SETTLE_MS = 2000
30
31const lastResponse = atom({ plugin: 'cache-weather', key: 'lastResponse' } as const, null)
32const ttl = atom({ plugin: 'cache-weather', key: 'ttl' } as const, { ms: FIVE_MINUTES_MS, isMeasured: false })
33const context = atom({ plugin: 'cache-weather', key: 'context' } as const, {
34  percent: null,
35  thresholdPercent: DEFAULT_THRESHOLD_PERCENT,
36})
37const weekly = atom({ plugin: 'cache-weather', key: 'weekly' } as const, null)
38/** Bumped each time the minute figure changes, so the line redraws; its value means nothing. */
39const tick = atom({ plugin: 'cache-weather', key: 'tick' } as const, 0)
40
41/** The theme keys the engine draws the hint line and its pills with. */
42const HINT_COLOR = 'inactive'
43const LEVEL_COLOR: Record<CacheLevel, 'success' | 'warning' | 'error' | 'inactive'> = {
44  fresh: 'success',
45  late: 'warning',
46  critical: 'error',
47  expired: 'inactive',
48}
49
50// The module's own: a reload starts it over, and session.start re-arms it.
51let tickTimer: Timer | undefined
52
53/** Redraws the line each time the countdown's minute figure changes, until the cache has expired. */
54async function scheduleTicks($: EngineInterface) {
55  tickTimer?.cancel()
56  tickTimer = undefined
57  const response = await read($, lastResponse)
58  if (response === null) return
59
60  const now = await $.clock.now()
61  const { ms } = await read($, ttl)
62  if (countdown(response.respondedAt, ms, now).level === 'expired') return
63
64  tickTimer = $.clock.after(msToNextMinute(response.respondedAt, now), () => {
65    void update($, tick, n => n + 1).then(() => scheduleTicks($))
66  })
67}
68
69async function setResponse($: EngineInterface, reading: CacheReading | null) {
70  await update($, lastResponse, () => reading)
71  await scheduleTicks($)
72}
73
74/**
75 * Context fill from the status line's figures; the threshold from the session's breakdown when it has one.
76 * Until the live window's first response (right after a compaction) the session reports no fill, so the
77 * figure the compaction left stands.
78 */
79async function refreshContext($: EngineInterface, options: { withThreshold: boolean }) {
80  const usage = await $.session.usage(options.withThreshold ? { breakdown: 'summary' } : undefined)
81  const { tokens, window } = usage.context
82  const threshold = usage.context.breakdown?.autoCompactThreshold
83  const week = weeklyLimit(usage.rateLimits)
84  await update($, weekly, () => week)
85
86  await update($, context, previous => {
87    const percent = tokens === undefined ? previous.percent : percentOf(tokens, window)
88    if (!options.withThreshold) return { ...previous, percent }
89    return { percent, thresholdPercent: threshold === undefined ? DEFAULT_THRESHOLD_PERCENT : percentOf(threshold, window) }
90  })
91}
92
93/** What the transcript says that the live events do not: the cache TTL, and on resume the last response. */
94async function syncFromTranscript($: EngineInterface, path: string, options: { seedResponse: boolean }) {
95  if (path === '') return
96  const tail = await $.process.run(['tail', '-c', TRANSCRIPT_TAIL_BYTES, path]).catch(() => undefined)
97  if (tail === undefined || tail.exitCode !== 0) return
98
99  const facts = readTranscriptTail(tail.stdout)
100  if (facts.ttlMs !== null) {
101    const measured: CacheTtl = { ms: facts.ttlMs, isMeasured: true }
102    await update($, ttl, () => measured)
103  }
104  if (options.seedResponse && facts.lastResponse !== null && (await read($, lastResponse)) === null) {
105    await setResponse($, facts.lastResponse)
106  } else {
107    await scheduleTicks($)
108  }
109}
110
111export const register: Register = on => {
112  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
113    const started = await next(e)
114    await refreshContext($, { withThreshold: true })
115    await scheduleTicks($)
116    return started
117  })
118
119  on('classic.SessionStart', async ($, e, next) => {
120    if (e.source === 'clear') {
121      await setResponse($, null)
122      await update($, context, previous => ({ ...previous, percent: null }))
123    }
124    const result = await next(e)
125    await syncFromTranscript($, e.transcript_path, { seedResponse: e.source === 'resume' || e.source === 'startup' })
126    return result
127  })
128
129  on('classic.Stop', async ($, e, next) => {
130    const result = await next(e)
131    $.clock.after(TRANSCRIPT_SETTLE_MS, () => {
132      void syncFromTranscript($, e.transcript_path, { seedResponse: false })
133    })
134    return result
135  })
136
137  // Another model may have another window, and with it another threshold.
138  on('classic.PostModelSwitch', async ($, e, next) => {
139    const result = await next(e)
140    await refreshContext($, { withThreshold: true })
141    return result
142  })
143
144  // Each main-loop response refreshes the cache: the countdown restarts and the hit rate is this response's.
145  on('turn.step', async function* ($, e, next) {
146    const response = yield* next(e)
147    if (e.agentId === undefined && response.usage !== null) {
148      await setResponse($, { respondedAt: await $.clock.now(), hitPercent: hitPercent(response.usage) })
149      await refreshContext($, { withThreshold: false })
150    }
151    return response
152  })
153
154  on('session.measure', async ($, e, next) => {
155    if (e.changed.includes('rateLimits')) {
156      const week = weeklyLimit(e.rateLimits)
157      await update($, weekly, () => week)
158    }
159    if (e.changed.includes('context')) await refreshContext($, { withThreshold: false })
160    return next(e)
161  })
162
163  on('session.compact', async ($, e, next) => {
164    const result = await next(e)
165    if (e.agentId !== undefined || result.messages === undefined) return result
166
167    // The compacted conversation is a new prefix: nothing of it is cached until the next response.
168    await setResponse($, null)
169    const after = result.tokensAfter
170    const usage = await $.session.usage().catch(() => undefined)
171    if (after !== undefined && usage !== undefined) {
172      await update($, context, previous => ({ ...previous, percent: percentOf(after, usage.context.window) }))
173    }
174    return result
175  })
176
177  on('ui.render', { component: 'PromptHint' }, async ($, e, next) => {
178    await read($, tick)
179    const [response, cacheTtl, ctx, week] = await Promise.all([
180      read($, lastResponse),
181      read($, ttl),
182      read($, context),
183      read($, weekly),
184    ])
185    const now = await $.clock.now()
186    const { Box, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
187
188    const timer = response === null ? null : countdown(response.respondedAt, cacheTtl.ms, now)
189    const minutesText = timer === null ? '–' : timer.level === 'expired' ? 'expired' : `${timer.minutes} min`
190    const hitText = response?.hitPercent == null ? '–' : `${response.hitPercent}%`
191    const ctxText = ctx.percent === null ? '–' : `${ctx.percent}%`
192    const hint = trimHint(e.props.hint)
193
194    return (
195      <Box flexDirection="row">
196        {hint === '' ? null : <Text color={HINT_COLOR}>{hint} · </Text>}
197        <Text>{WEATHER_EMOJI[weather(ctx.percent, ctx.thresholdPercent)]} </Text>
198        <Text color={HINT_COLOR}>ctx {ctxText} · </Text>
199        <Text color={timer === null ? HINT_COLOR : LEVEL_COLOR[timer.level]}>{minutesText}</Text>
200        <Text color={HINT_COLOR}>
201          {' '}
202          · hit {hitText}
203          {week === null ? '' : ` · 7d ${week.percent}%`}
204          {week?.resetsAt == null ? '' : ` · ${RESET_ICON} ${formatReset(week.resetsAt)}`}
205        </Text>
206      </Box>
207    )
208  })
209}
210
hooks/logic.ts 155 lines
1// Pure rules of the segment: no `$`, so the tests exercise them directly.
2
3import type { CacheReading, WeeklyLimit } from '../types'
4
5export const FIVE_MINUTES_MS = 5 * 60_000
6export const ONE_HOUR_MS = 60 * 60_000
7export const MINUTE_MS = 60_000
8
9/** Used when the session does not report its auto-compact threshold. */
10export const DEFAULT_THRESHOLD_PERCENT = 83
11
12export type Usage = {
13  input_tokens: number
14  cache_read_input_tokens: number
15  cache_creation_input_tokens: number
16}
17
18/** Share of the response's input the cache served, 0–100, or null for a response with no input. */
19export function hitPercent(usage: Usage): number | null {
20  const total = usage.input_tokens + usage.cache_read_input_tokens + usage.cache_creation_input_tokens
21  return total === 0 ? null : Math.round((usage.cache_read_input_tokens / total) * 100)
22}
23
24export type CacheLevel = 'fresh' | 'late' | 'critical' | 'expired'
25
26export type Countdown = {
27  /** Whole minutes left, rounded up, so the last partial minute still reads 1. */
28  minutes: number
29  level: CacheLevel
30}
31
32/** Green while fresh, yellow in the last quarter, red in the last tenth, expired at zero. */
33export function countdown(respondedAt: number, ttlMs: number, now: number): Countdown {
34  const remainingMs = Math.max(0, ttlMs - (now - respondedAt))
35  const fraction = remainingMs / ttlMs
36  const level: CacheLevel =
37    remainingMs === 0 ? 'expired' : fraction <= 0.1 ? 'critical' : fraction <= 0.25 ? 'late' : 'fresh'
38
39  return { minutes: Math.ceil(remainingMs / MINUTE_MS), level }
40}
41
42/** Delay until the countdown's minute figure next changes, counted from the response. */
43export function msToNextMinute(respondedAt: number, now: number): number {
44  const elapsed = Math.max(0, now - respondedAt)
45  return MINUTE_MS - (elapsed % MINUTE_MS)
46}
47
48export type Weather = 'sunny' | 'rainy' | 'stormy'
49
50export const WEATHER_EMOJI: Record<Weather, string> = { sunny: '☀️', rainy: '🌧️', stormy: '⛈️' }
51
52/** Sunny up to half the threshold, rainy up to 80 % of it, stormy above. */
53export function weather(percent: number | null, thresholdPercent: number): Weather {
54  const fill = percent ?? 0
55  if (fill <= thresholdPercent / 2) return 'sunny'
56  if (fill <= thresholdPercent * 0.8) return 'rainy'
57  return 'stormy'
58}
59
60export function percentOf(part: number, whole: number): number {
61  return Math.round((part / whole) * 100)
62}
63
64export type RateLimit = { kind: string; percentUsed: number; resetsAt?: string }
65
66/** The seven-day window among the session's rate limits, or null off a subscription. */
67export function weeklyLimit(limits: readonly RateLimit[]): WeeklyLimit | null {
68  const week = limits.find(limit => limit.kind === 'seven_day')
69  if (week === undefined) return null
70  const resetsAt = week.resetsAt === undefined ? NaN : Date.parse(week.resetsAt)
71  return { percent: Math.round(week.percentUsed), resetsAt: Number.isNaN(resetsAt) ? null : resetsAt }
72}
73
74/** A reset moment in local time, day, month and hour: "16.10. 08:00". */
75export function formatReset(ms: number): string {
76  const date = new Date(ms)
77  const pad = (n: number) => String(n).padStart(2, '0')
78  return `${pad(date.getDate())}.${pad(date.getMonth() + 1)}. ${pad(date.getHours())}:${pad(date.getMinutes())}`
79}
80
81/**
82 * The hourglass in front of the reset moment, asked for in its text presentation
83 * (U+FE0E), so a terminal that honours it draws it in the line's grey rather than
84 * as a colour emoji.
85 */
86export const RESET_ICON = '\u23F3\uFE0E'
87
88/** The engine's reminder of the mode-cycling key; the mode pill beside it says enough. */
89const CYCLE_HINT = /\(shift\+tab to cycle\)/g
90
91/** The engine's hint text without the mode-cycling reminder, its `·` separators tidied. */
92export function trimHint(hint: string): string {
93  return hint
94    .replace(CYCLE_HINT, '')
95    .split('·')
96    .map(part => part.trim())
97    .filter(part => part !== '')
98    .join(' · ')
99}
100
101export type TranscriptFacts = {
102  /** The TTL of the newest cache write the transcript records, or null when none says. */
103  ttlMs: number | null
104  /** The newest main-loop response, or null when the tail holds none. */
105  lastResponse: CacheReading | null
106}
107
108type TranscriptUsage = Usage & {
109  cache_creation?: { ephemeral_5m_input_tokens?: number; ephemeral_1h_input_tokens?: number }
110}
111
112type TranscriptEntry = {
113  type?: string
114  isSidechain?: boolean
115  timestamp?: string
116  message?: { usage?: TranscriptUsage }
117}
118
119/**
120 * Reads the tail of a session transcript (JSONL, newest last): the cache TTL
121 * of the newest response that wrote to the cache, and the newest response.
122 * The first line of a tail may be cut; unparsable lines are skipped.
123 */
124export function readTranscriptTail(tail: string): TranscriptFacts {
125  let ttlMs: number | null = null
126  let lastResponse: CacheReading | null = null
127  const lines = tail.split('\n')
128
129  for (let i = lines.length - 1; i >= 0 && (ttlMs === null || lastResponse === null); i--) {
130    const entry = parseEntry(lines[i] ?? '')
131    const usage = entry?.message?.usage
132    if (entry?.type !== 'assistant' || entry.isSidechain === true || usage === undefined) continue
133
134    if (lastResponse === null && entry.timestamp !== undefined) {
135      const respondedAt = Date.parse(entry.timestamp)
136      if (!Number.isNaN(respondedAt)) lastResponse = { respondedAt, hitPercent: hitPercent(usage) }
137    }
138    if (ttlMs === null) {
139      if ((usage.cache_creation?.ephemeral_1h_input_tokens ?? 0) > 0) ttlMs = ONE_HOUR_MS
140      else if ((usage.cache_creation?.ephemeral_5m_input_tokens ?? 0) > 0) ttlMs = FIVE_MINUTES_MS
141    }
142  }
143
144  return { ttlMs, lastResponse }
145}
146
147function parseEntry(line: string): TranscriptEntry | undefined {
148  if (!line.startsWith('{')) return undefined
149  try {
150    return JSON.parse(line) as TranscriptEntry
151  } catch {
152    return undefined
153  }
154}
155
types/index.d.ts 24 lines
1/** The last main-loop API response: when it arrived and how much of its input the cache served. */
2export type CacheReading = { respondedAt: number; hitPercent: number | null }
3
4/** The prompt-cache lifetime the session writes with, and whether the transcript showed it. */
5export type CacheTtl = { ms: number; isMeasured: boolean }
6
7/** The context window's fill and the auto-compact threshold, both as percent of the window. */
8export type ContextReading = { percent: number | null; thresholdPercent: number }
9
10/** The seven-day rate-limit window: how much of it is used, and when it resets (epoch ms). */
11export type WeeklyLimit = { percent: number; resetsAt: number | null }
12
13declare module 'claude-code' {
14  interface PluginState {
15    'cache-weather': {
16      lastResponse: CacheReading | null
17      ttl: CacheTtl
18      context: ContextReading
19      weekly: WeeklyLimit | null
20      tick: number
21    }
22  }
23}
24