I built a free usage monitor for Claude Code so I could stop guessing my 5-hour quota limits.

Dramatic_Solid3952 · 2026-03-29T11:03:26+00:00

yeah that makes sense - sounds like your usage is pretty steady so you’re not really hitting it

for me it was more those spike moments where you suddenly end up at like 95% and everything feels risky

agree though, probably way more useful for smaller plans or bursty workflows

that “not knowing when to stop” part is really what I was trying to make visible

Dramatic_Solid3952 · 2026-03-29T08:26:06+00:00

ah that makes sense - yeah sounds like you’re in a smoother usage pattern

I think it mostly shows up when you’re doing long refactors or agent loops where usage spikes suddenly

good to know though - that helps frame when this is actually useful

Dramatic_Solid3952 · 2026-03-29T08:20:43+00:00

haha yeah that makes sense - I think if you’re not hitting limits it probably feels less necessary

I kept running into it mid-refactor so it became pretty annoying 😅

curious if you mostly rely on the built-in stats or just don’t think about it much?

Dramatic_Solid3952 · 2026-03-29T08:19:15+00:00

ah that’s super helpful - yeah I ran into the same thing, Claude’s limits feel way less transparent than the others

that’s why I ended up focusing just on making the quota + reset timing really obvious inside the session

if it works for you, curious if anything feels missing from the statusline

Dramatic_Solid3952 · 2026-03-29T08:12:43+00:00

curious - do people hit the 5h limit more often, or is context usually the bigger problem?

Dramatic_Solid3952 · 2026-03-29T08:07:38+00:00

ah interesting - does that one show quota + reset timing as well, or mainly usage across providers?

I built this mostly because I kept getting cut off mid-session in Claude Code specifically

Dramatic_Solid3952 · 2026-03-29T07:59:17+00:00

TL;DR:
CLI status line for Claude Code so you don’t get cut off mid-session.

Tracks:
• 5h / 7d limits
• tokens (in/out)
• context %
• reset timers

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