Claude Code statusline that estimates context pressure from local session token counts and a configurable context limit, then prints a compact risk tier.
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -u
main() {
read -r input || input="${input:-}"
limit="${CLAUDE_CONTEXT_LIMIT:-200000}"
used=$(printf '%s' "$input" | jq -r '.session.totalTokens // .usage.input_tokens // .cost.total_tokens // 0')
case "$limit" in
"" | *[!0-9]*) limit=200000 ;;
esac
case "$used" in
"" | *[!0-9]*) used=0 ;;
esac
if [ "$limit" -le 0 ]; then
limit=200000
fi
pct=$((used * 100 / limit))
if [ "$pct" -ge 85 ]; then
state="compress"
elif [ "$pct" -ge 65 ]; then
state="watch"
else
state="ok"
fi
printf 'context: %s/%s | %s%% | %s\n' "$used" "$limit" "$pct" "$state"
}
case $- in
*n*) ;;
*) main "$@" ;;
esac{
"statusLine": {
"type": "command",
"command": "$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.claude/statuslines/context-pressure-statusline.sh"
}
}Checked existing statuslines, the live HeyClaude statuslines index, open pull requests, and repository content for context-pressure-statusline, context window, token pressure, and context budget statuslines. Existing model and token entries are adjacent, but this file is specifically a configurable context-pressure gauge.
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1 trust signal differ across this comparison (Submitter).
| Field | Claude Code statusline that estimates context pressure from local session token counts and a configurable context limit, then prints a compact risk tier. Open dossier | Multi-provider AI performance dashboard with context occupancy tracking, truncation warnings, TTFT latency, tokens/min rate, and model comparison metrics. Open dossier | Claude Code statusline that reads the active model identifier from session input and displays real-time token usage as a percentage of the context window, with green/yellow/red color-coded warnings. Open dossier | Real-time burn rate monitor showing cost per minute, tokens per minute, and projected daily spend to prevent budget overruns during Claude Code sessions. Open dossier |
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| Review status | ReviewedMaintainer reviewed | ReviewedMaintainer reviewed | ReviewedMaintainer reviewed | ReviewedMaintainer reviewed |
| Package trust | Package not verified | Package not verified | Package not verified | Package not verified |
| Source provenance | Source-backed | Source-backed | Source-backed | Source-backed |
| SubmitterDiffers | MkDev11 | — | — | — |
| Install risk | Review first | Review first | Review first | Review first |
| Notes | Safety ✓ Privacy ✓ | Safety ✓ Privacy ✓ | Safety ✓ Privacy ✓ | Safety ✓ Privacy ✓ |
| Brand | — | — | — | — |
| Category | statuslines | statuslines | statuslines | statuslines |
| Source | Source-backed | Source-backed | Source-backed | Source-backed |
| Author | MkDev11 | JSONbored | JSONbored | JSONbored |
| Added | 2026-06-04 | 2025-10-23 | 2025-10-16 | 2025-10-25 |
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| Source repo | — | — | — | — |
| Safety notes | ✓Context percentage is only as accurate as the configured limit and the usage fields available in the statusline input. Use the warning as a cue to summarize or checkpoint work before context pressure affects reasoning quality. Do not treat a low percentage as proof that all relevant files, instructions, or tool results are still in scope. | ✓Runs as a Claude Code statusline command on every refresh and depends on the local shell environment; a failure only affects status rendering, not your session. | ✓Reads session JSON from stdin and writes formatted text to stdout only; does not modify files or make network calls. | ✓Runs as a Claude Code statusline command on every refresh and depends on the local shell environment; a failure only affects status rendering, not your session. |
| Privacy notes | ✓The script reads local session counters and does not inspect prompt text, files, or transcript contents. Token counts and configured limits can still reveal workload size in screenshots or shared terminal logs. Teams should avoid placing customer names or project identifiers in shell variables that appear in debugging output. | ✓Reads the Claude Code statusline JSON from stdin (model, token usage, context occupancy) and renders it in the local terminal; it does not send data off-machine. | ✓Processes token counts and model identifiers from the local Claude Code session input; no data is sent externally. | ✓Reads the Claude Code statusline JSON from stdin (model, workspace path, token usage) and renders it in the local terminal; it does not send data off-machine. |
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| Claim | Unclaimed | Unclaimed | Unclaimed | Unclaimed |
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