A Claude Code Status Line That Tells Me When I'll Run Out

The status line is the one piece of UI I look at every few seconds, all day. So I stopped treating it as a place for a model name and a branch, and made it answer the questions I actually have while I work. Is the context about to compact? Am I burning through my limit faster than the window allows? When does it reset? What has today cost? And what is the weather doing outside? ...

September 27, 2026 · 6 min · 1233 words · Kristoffer Risa