Chutes Usage

Monitor Chutes usage, quotas, and rolling limits directly inside VS Code.

Important Disclaimer

Chutes Usage is a third-party tool.

It is not official and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Chutes.

Created by:

• Michael Gasperini
• mikesoft.it

Public repository:

• https://github.com/TheStreamCode/chutes-usage-vscode

Marketplace publisher:

• mikesoft

What It Shows

• Monthly usage and remaining subscription credit
• 4-hour rolling window usage and remaining credit
• Daily request quota usage and remaining requests
• Quotas table for the authenticated user
• Compact status bar summary
• Sidebar dashboard with plan snapshot and usage cards

Current Data Sources

The extension reads only user-scoped Chutes endpoints tied to your API key:

• GET /users/me/subscription_usage
• GET /users/me/quotas
• GET /users/me/quota_usage/*
• GET /users/me/discounts
• GET /users/me/price_overrides

Notes:

• Monthly and 4-hour windows come from subscription_usage.
• Daily request usage comes from quota_usage/*.
• Daily request limits come from quotas.
• The public GET /pricing endpoint is not used to infer user usage windows.

Plan Name Behavior

Chutes user endpoints currently expose numeric subscription fields such as monthly_price, but do not appear to expose a stable tier name string for the authenticated user.

The extension therefore maps known public pricing values to tier names:

• $3 -> Base
• $10 -> Plus
• $20 -> Pro
• no subscription -> Free tier
• custom plan -> Custom

If Chutes later exposes an official tier name in the API, the extension should prefer that value directly.

User Friendly By Design

The extension is designed to be easy to use:

• one quick setup action
• one compact status bar item
• one sidebar dashboard
• clear labels instead of technical jargon where possible
• safe defaults with very few settings

Setup

1. Open the Command Palette.
2. Run Chutes Usage: Set API Key.
3. Open the Chutes Usage sidebar.

Notes

• This extension uses your Chutes API key only to request your own usage data.
• The key is stored using VS Code SecretStorage.
• The extension is built as a practical unofficial utility for Chutes users.

Data Retention

• The extension does not keep a local history of your usage data.
• The sidebar webview state is not persisted between sessions.
• On uninstall, the extension runs a best-effort cleanup hook to remove its local extension storage.
• VS Code does not document access to SecretStorage from the uninstall hook, so secure secret cleanup is guaranteed when you use Chutes Usage: Remove API Key before uninstalling.

Development Notes

• Package manager: pnpm
• Platform target: Windows-friendly workflows
• Webview assets are compiled to out/webview
• The packaged extension includes both main.js and styles.css

Repository Standards

This repository includes:

• CI workflow for build and test validation
• issue and pull request templates
• contribution guide
• code of conduct
• security policy
• Dependabot configuration for dependency maintenance

Author

Michael Gasperini

https://mikesoft.it