Claude Code status lines that show burn rate
Knowing you are at 60 percent of your weekly limit is less useful than knowing whether you are on track to blow through it. These status lines show the rate, not just the total: tokens or dollars per hour, or an arrow that says whether you are ahead of or behind pace for the window.
They pair naturally with the usage-limit configs, and several show both a static percentage and a pace signal side by side, so you can see where you stand and where you are heading at once.
Status lines
Opus 4.8 [high] ~/app main
16:20:55 | ⛁ ██░░░░░░░░ 22% | 5h ●◔○○○ 26% ↻2h7m | 7d ◔○○○○○○ 7% ↻2d1h │ $0.41 ⏱ 10m
Two-line status with a block context bar and quarter-step dot meters (◔◑◕●) for the 5-hour and weekly limits (fill shows usage, color shows whether you are ahead of or behind pace), plus model, effort, git and cost. Needs no jq.
Activity Feed
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Opus 4.8 high ✦ │ ctx 22% │ app (main) │ PR #1287 ● │ $0.41 · 10m +128 -34
Session ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ○ ○ ○ 74% left Resets in 2h 6m
Weekly ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ○ 93% left Resets in 2d 0h
Fable ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ○ ○ 85% left Resets in 2d 0h
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A header with model, context and burn rate per hour, then live tool and agent activity parsed from the session transcript.
庫 app · 枝 main · 脳 OPUS-4.8
文 ▓▓░░░░░░ 22% · 時 ▓▓░░┃░░░ 26% · 週 ▓░░░░┃░░ 7%
CyberPunk/BladeRunner styling. Two lines with kanji field labels: repo 庫, branch 枝, worktree 樹, and model 脳 on top; context 文, 5-hour 時, and weekly 週 meters below. The rate-limit bars carry a ┃ pace cursor marking how far through the reset window you are — cyan when your usage trails the cursor (on track), amber/red when it outruns it.
!Opus4.8(high) Session:26%(19:00) Week:7%(2d0h) Ctx:▰▱▱▱▱22% Cost:~$0.41Shows 5h/weekly rate-limit usage with early-warning pace coloring, context window gauge, and daily cost in USD + JPY.
Width-Aware Monitor
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◆ Opus 4.8 │ app/main
▰▰▰▰▱ 78% │ ↑44k ↓1.4k │ 5h: -- │ 7d: -- │ 10m12s
Keeps itself inside a width budget (80 columns by default) by dropping the lowest-priority segments first. Model, project, context gauge with token counts, quota bars and duration; pace arrows and a cost readout are opt-in.
📁 app 🌿 main 🧠 Opus
🧊 22% [==--------] 💰 $0.41 ($2.41/h)
⏳ 5h: 26% [==--------] 7d: 7% [----------]
Three-line status: directory, git branch and model up top; a context-fill bar with session cost and an hourly burn rate ($/h); then 5-hour and weekly rate-limit bars with context-warning icons.
Opus 4.8 (200K) high | app (main)
██░░░░░░░░ 22% 200K | 5h 26% ⇣32% 2h 7d 7% ⇣63% 2d
Are you burning quota faster than the clock? Five-hour and seven-day usage with over- and under-pace arrows, plus a context bar and git diff stats. Reads rate limits from stdin only.
Opus · F:15% ██▍ ▏ A:7% █▏ ▏ ⟳ 3dA custom status line for Claude that shows usage relative to "pace" based on your quota reset timeline. Useful for knowing if your burn rate is too high or low relative to your next reset.
