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
17:27:05 | ⛁ ██░░░░░░░░ 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.
Opus 4.8 high ✦ │ ctx 22% │ app (main) │ PR #1287 ● │ $0.41 · 10m +128 -34
Session ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ○ ○ ○ 74% left Resets in 2h 7m
Weekly ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ○ 93% left Resets in 2d 1h
◐ Read:index.ts ✓ Read×1 ✓ Bash×1 ✓ Edit×1 ✓ Grep×1
◐ code-reviewer Review the change for regressions
A header with model, context and burn rate per hour, then live tool and agent activity parsed from the session transcript.
◆ Opus 4.8 │ app/main
▰▰▰▰▱ 78% │ ↑44k ↓1.4k │ 5h: no token │ 7d: no token │ 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.
Opus 4.8 (200K) high | app (main)
██░░░░░░░░ 22% 200K | 5h 26% ⇣31% 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.
📁 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.
