[FEATURE] User control over prompt suggestions under usage limits (keep available at allowed_warning, optional lighter model)
What
Give users explicit control over inline prompt suggestions when the account is
near its weekly usage limit, instead of silently suppressing them in theallowed_warning state (see bug #72495).
Why
When near the weekly limit the session is still fully usable, but the ambient
ghost-text "next step" hint disappears — which is exactly when, mid long agentic
or multi-step work, it's most useful for keeping momentum. Several reports show
strong, and notably bidirectional, demand for control over this feature:
- Want it kept on / restored: #30699 (multiple users, incl. recent), #36733
(per-turn toggle, cost-aware).
- Want it off: #71788, #66117 (find it distracting / intrusive).
The common thread is that users want to control suggestions — both directions —
rather than have them silently appear or vanish based on hidden state.
Proposal (any one would help)
- Treat
allowed_warningas usable for suggestions — the bug fix in
#72495; suppress only on actual exhaustion.
- A
/configtoggle +~/.claude/settings.jsonsetting for suggestions
(on / off / keep-on-under-limit), accepting the usage tradeoff when on.
- Optionally generate suggestions with a lighter model (e.g. Sonnet or
Haiku) under constrained usage, so the cost of keeping them on near the limit
is negligible.
Related
#72495 (the suppression bug), #57822 (same strict-equality class, fixed),
#30699 (restore requests), #36733 (toggle request), #71788 / #66117 (off-switch
requests).