How does Pixel Cat work?

Wanders above the prompt and shows the current tool in a speech bubble, with a prop. Announces a finished turn, with a toast when a turn ran longer than 20 seconds. Shows 5-hour, 7-day and context usage, with toasts at 75% and 90% of the 5-hour limit. Pet, settings, pack and Hide buttons sit under the cat; /cat toggles it.

What should I know before using Pixel Cat?

Switch packs for an adventurer who mines, chops trees and fights zombies instead. Coat, speed, scene, popups, hat and usage numbers are saved across sessions. It naps on a perch after 5 minutes idle, or when your 5-hour limit runs out.

Pixel Cat

TokensLimitsMulti-Line

@matthlh

source at a8fe0f7

MIT licence

A little pixel cat that wanders above the Claude Code prompt, watches your usage limits and announces when work finishes; or switch packs for an adventurer who mines, chops trees and fights zombies

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Or run it yourself:

claude plugin marketplace add https://statuslin.es/marketplace.json
claude plugin install pixel-cat@statuslines

Preview

Terminal

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 ctx 22%                                             [ Pet ♥ ] [ ⚙ ] [ ↻ Adventurer ] [ Hide ]
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Claude Desktop

What it does

A pixel cat that wanders above the prompt, shows what tool Claude is using, announces when a turn finishes, and keeps an eye on your usage limits.

Shows up: An animated cat lane above the prompt
Works in: Terminal and Claude Desktop
Commands: /cat, /mods
Uses your plan: No
Changes files: Nothing
Network: None

How it works

Wanders above the prompt and shows the current tool in a speech bubble, with a prop
Announces a finished turn, with a toast when a turn ran longer than 20 seconds
Shows 5-hour, 7-day and context usage, with toasts at 75% and 90% of the 5-hour limit
Pet, settings, pack and Hide buttons sit under the cat; /cat toggles it

Good to know

Switch packs for an adventurer who mines, chops trees and fights zombies instead.
Coat, speed, scene, popups, hat and usage numbers are saved across sessions.
It naps on a perch after 5 minutes idle, or when your 5-hour limit runs out.

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