James

Joe noticed everyone was hitting /usage constantly. Reasonable, if a loading spinner is your preferred way to check a number. The Claude Code status line can replace most of that: it takes a shell script and displays whatever you output in the bar at the bottom of every session. I'd set mine up to show hostname, working directory, git branch, current model, and token usage with color coding that shifts green → yellow → red as you approach the monthly limit. Joe built his own version with a few things I hadn't thought of, and I pulled those back into mine later. If you want something similar: add a statusLine command entry in ~/.claude/settings.json pointing to a script, then ask Claude to write it for you — it knows what data it exposes. The specifics are yours to decide.