[FEATURE] User control over prompt suggestions under usage limits (keep available at allowed_warning, optional lighter model)

Open 💬 0 comments Opened Jun 30, 2026 by inth3shadows

What

Give users explicit control over inline prompt suggestions when the account is
near its weekly usage limit, instead of silently suppressing them in the
allowed_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)

  1. Treat allowed_warning as usable for suggestions — the bug fix in

#72495; suppress only on actual exhaustion.

  1. A /config toggle + ~/.claude/settings.json setting for suggestions

(on / off / keep-on-under-limit), accepting the usage tradeoff when on.

  1. 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).

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