Feature request: Show plan usage allowance in status bar

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Feb 6, 2026 by TimothyDavidNicholson Closed Feb 10, 2026

Feature Request

Problem: I have no visibility into how much of my plan allowance I've consumed until I hit rate limits or manually run /usage. I often don't realise until it's at 90%+ that I'm running low.

Current workaround: Manually typing /usage periodically - easy to forget and breaks flow.

Proposed solution: Add an option to display remaining plan allowance in the status line, showing both total plan usage and current session usage:


Plan: ████████░░ 78% used | Session: .24 (3.2k turns) | Context: ███░░░░░░░ 30% | opus-4-6

Metrics to include:

  • Plan usage - percentage of total allowance consumed this billing period (the key one!)
  • Session usage - cost/tokens consumed in the current session so far (currently only visible via /cost)
  • Both updating in real-time in the status bar

Why this matters:

  • Users can pace their work across a billing period instead of hitting limits mid-task with no warning
  • Session cost visibility helps users understand which tasks are expensive
  • The status line infrastructure already exists - this just needs a new data source

Alternatives considered:

  • Having Claude remind users to run /usage periodically - unreliable since Claude can't execute slash commands itself
  • A CLAUDE.md instruction to prompt the user - doesn't actually work in practice

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