Shows your Cursor IDE usage directly in the status bar. Displays included request count and on-demand spend at a glance.
Features
Status bar: Compact usage display -- 500/500 | $2.76/$200
Rich tooltip: Hover for a side-by-side breakdown with SVG progress bars, reset countdown, and per-model usage table
Usage by model: See tokens and requests broken down by model (e.g. claude-4.6-opus-high-thinking, gpt-5.3-codex) with a configurable range in Settings (1d, 7d, 30d, or Current Billing Cycle)
Loading indicator: Spinning icon in the status bar while usage data is being fetched
Click for details: Notification with usage summary + "Open Dashboard" button
Smart polling: Refreshes usage data only when you're actively working (on document edits and window focus), not on a constant timer
Minimal mode: Optionally show only the active metric -- premium requests or on-demand spend
Zero setup: No API keys, manual configuration, or cookie embezzlement required -- just sign in to Cursor
Cross-platform: Works on macOS, Windows, and Linux
Commands
Command
Description
Cursor Usage: Show Details
Show usage notification with dashboard link
Cursor Usage: Refresh
Force-refresh usage data
Settings
Setting
Default
Description
cursorUsage.pollInterval
5
Minimum cooldown between refreshes, in minutes (1, 5, 10, 30, or 60)
cursorUsage.minimalMode
false
Show only the active metric: premium requests if not exhausted, or on-demand spend if they are
cursorUsage.usageDuration
billingCycle
Time range for the usage-by-model breakdown (1d, 7d, 30d, or Current Billing Cycle). Falls back to 30d when reset metadata is unavailable.
How it works
The extension reads your Cursor session token from the local SQLite database and fetches usage data from Cursor's APIs. No API key, manual configuration, or cookie embezzlement required -- just sign in to Cursor.
Usage data refreshes automatically when you edit files (debounced at 30 seconds) or return focus to the window, with a cooldown based on your pollInterval setting. No API calls are made while the editor is idle. Auth tokens and API responses are cached to avoid redundant work when multiple data sources are fetched in parallel.
Publishing
This extension supports publishing to both Visual Studio Marketplace and Open VSX under the wrick17 publisher.
Open VSX package id: cursor-usage
Visual Studio Marketplace package id: cursor-usage-auto
