Show subscription / token usage in the desktop input footer (alongside Auto mode + model)

What I want

A persistent, glanceable usage indicator in the Claude Code desktop app's input footer — the strip directly under the text input box that already shows the current model name and Auto-mode status.

Why

Today, finding out where I am against my limits requires running /usage (or hitting the limit and getting an error). For a user mid-flow on a long session, that's a context-switching tax: I either burn slash commands to check, or I get surprised mid-task when my session caps out.

Having it always visible would let me self-pace:

• "I've got 30% of my 5-hour window left, do I commit and start a focused new task, or wrap up?"
• "I'm at 80% of my weekly cap on day 4 — slow down."
• For API users: "this session has already burned $4 in tokens, am I getting value?"

Same reason the model name + Auto-mode status are surfaced in the footer — they're decision-affecting info that would be friction to fetch on demand.

Suggested form

The footer is space-constrained, so something compact and glanceable:

gpt-5  •  Auto mode  •  47 msgs / 5h  •  43% week
^model ^mode         ^session window  ^weekly cap

Or a single colored pill: 🟢 47 msgs / 5h shifting to 🟡 → 🔴 as I approach limits. Click / hover for the detail view (same content as /usage today).

Different content for different user tiers

| Tier | Most useful indicator |
|---|---|
| Pro / Max / Team subscriber | Messages remaining in current 5-hour window + weekly cap % |
| API user (Anthropic API key) | Spend this session in $ + per-day or per-month if a budget is set |
| Mixed (subscription + API fallback) | Both, separated by • |

Pick what's relevant based on which auth mode the user is on.

Why footer specifically

• That's where the decision-affecting state already lives (model, mode)
• It's always visible without taking up content area
• It scales — adding one more indicator is a small visual addition
• Other dev tools have similar patterns (VS Code's status bar, Cursor's pricing pill, GitHub Copilot's status icon)

What I'm not asking for

• Full usage analytics dashboards (those exist on the web account page)
• Per-message token-cost callouts inline (would clutter the chat)
• Hard limits / blocking — let me opt into seeing the warning, don't change behavior

Just a small, persistent indicator that respects the existing footer aesthetic.

Environment

Claude Code desktop, latest as of 2026-04-25, macOS.

If something like this already exists and I missed it, happy to close — but /usage as a slash command is the closest I've found.