[Feature Request] Add token usage transparency and model selection visibility to CLI - 3 issues - terminal sucks [badge] - invisible chars - issue by nicitaacom
Status Open
Reported on v2.1.282
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 2 comments · opened Sep 26, 2026
Bug Description
terminal sucks - Sonnet eat tokens so fast I thought it was Opus - so IDK 1 Model (should be somewhere bottom right or bottom left) and I have no idea about this 3.5k tokens is this tokens fo r input or output? (need emoji or icon there) and also check this https://i.imgur.com/OXcLyIb.png - it really sucks
Environment Info
- Platform: linux
- Terminal: vscode
- Version: 2.1.282
- Feedback ID: caf421ca-9f96-4f05-9455-9d2605ffefde
Errors
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- CLI - 3 issues - terminal sucks [badge]
- no model badge in terminal - can't tell Sonnet from Opus
- terminal doesn't show current model - bottom left or bottom right
- token count with no icon - unclear if input or output tokens
- 3.5k tokens - input or output, no label
- need emoji/icon next to token count to know if it's input or output
- invisible characters in terminal output - https://i.imgur.com/OXcLyIb.png
- VS Code terminal, version 2.1.282, feedback ID caf421ca-9f96-4f05-9455-9d2605ffefde
- Sonnet burns tokens as fast as Opus and the terminal gives no warning
- input/output tokens
- some imgur image of terminal - I typed text here but it's not shown
- invisible chars in terminal - invisible line - invisible text in terminal
- tokens clarity
- issue by nicitaacom
terminal is just bad
Issue 1 - no badges
Sonnet eats tokens fast - I thought it was Opus - it does not shows me current model
!bo-badges
Issue 2 - just tokens - did you mean input/output tokens?
no output/input tokens - I need to guess if I would use API credits how much tokens it would eat
Issue 3 - invisible chars
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