Claude Status Monitor
Real-time token usage and cost monitoring for Claude Code
See exactly where your tokens go — directly in your VS Code / Cursor status bar.
Features
Status Bar (always visible)
Line 1 — What you're spending
Spent $0.3500 ($0.035/min) | 30m0s | 210 added, 15 removed
- How much you've spent and how fast
- Session duration
- Lines of code changed
Line 2 — Memory and savings
Memory 34% | Saved $0.1575 from cache
- How full Claude's memory is (warning at 80%)
- How much money cache saved you
- Current task and its cost
Hover — Quick summary
Claude Opus 4.6 — Session cost: $0.4200
Spending $0.014 per minute
Reading 85.0K tokens, writing 22.0K tokens
Cache saved you $0.1800 (47% reused)
Click for full breakdown
Click — Full breakdown
Click the status bar to see everything in a scrollable panel:
- Total spent and spending speed
- Tokens used (reading vs writing)
- Cache savings and reuse percentage
- Memory used (how much remaining)
- Code changes
- Current task with cost
- Completed tasks with individual costs
Requirements
- Claude Code installed and running
- claude-status hooks configured — install via CLI:
# Install the CLI tool (any method)
go install github.com/oscarangulo/claude-status/cmd/claude-status@latest
# Or: brew tap oscarangulo/claude-status && brew install claude-status
# Configure hooks in Claude Code
claude-status install
- Restart Claude Code after installing hooks
The hooks capture token/cost data from Claude Code sessions. This extension reads that data and displays it in your IDE. No additional configuration needed.
How it works
Claude Code ──hooks──> ~/.claude-status/sessions/*.jsonl
│
VS Code Extension reads ──> Status Bar
- Claude Code hooks capture token/cost snapshots after every message
- Data is stored locally as JSONL files in
~/.claude-status/sessions/
- This extension watches those files and updates the status bar in real-time
- Nothing is sent anywhere — all data stays on your machine
Commands
| Command |
Description |
Claude Status: Show Session Details |
Open detailed breakdown panel |
Claude Status: Refresh |
Force refresh the status bar |
Status bar icons
| Icon |
Meaning |
| ✓ |
Cost under $0.50 — you're doing great |
| ⚠ |
Cost between $0.50 and $1.00 |
| 🔥 |
Cost over $1.00 — watch your spending |
| ▶ |
A plan task is currently running |
| ⚠ (context) |
Context window is over 80% — use /compact |
| IDE |
Supported |
| VS Code |
✓ |
| Cursor |
✓ |
| VS Code Insiders |
✓ |
| Windsurf |
✓ (untested) |
Privacy
- All data is stored locally in
~/.claude-status/sessions/
- No telemetry, no external API calls, no data collection
- The extension only reads local JSONL files on your machine
Links
License
MIT
