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Context Bar v2

TokensMinimalBash

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@NathanAB

Model plus a 10-block context-usage bar. Example statusline inspired by the Claude Code docs (code.claude.com/docs/en/statusline).

26 installs

Before you install

  • This version was reviewed before it was listed on Oct 9, 2026
  • Doesn't ask to connect to the internet
  • Needs jq.
  • The bar is drawn with ▓ and ░ characters and has no color, so it never warns you as context fills.
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Preview

Clean repo
Opus 4.8 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ 22%
New session
Opus 4.8 ░░░░░░░░░░ 0%
Dirty branch
Sonnet 4.6 ▓▓▓▓░░░░░░ 48%
Near-full
Opus 4.8 ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░ 91%
1M context
Fable 5 ▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░ 64%
Post-compact
Haiku 4.5 ░░░░░░░░░░ 0%
Worktree
Opus 4.8 ▓▓▓░░░░░░░ 37%
Non-git
Opus 4.8 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ 22%

In Claude Desktop

Context Bar v2 in Claude Desktop

Recorded with statusline-anywhere.

What it does

Shows the model name next to a 10-block bar and a percentage for how full the context window is.

Written in
Bash
Network access
None requested
Works in
Terminal

How it works

  1. Reads model.display_name and context_window.used_percentage from stdin with jq.
  2. Shades one block per full 10% used, rounding down, so 22% fills two of the ten.
  3. Before the first reply and right after /compact the bar is empty and reads 0%.
  4. At 91% used, nine blocks are shaded.

Source

#!/usr/bin/env bash
json=$(cat)
model=$(echo "$json" | jq -r ".model.display_name")
pct=$(echo "$json" | jq -r ".context_window.used_percentage // 0" | cut -d. -f1)
filled=$((pct / 10))
bar=""
test=""
for i in $(seq 1 10); do [ "$i" -le "$filled" ] && bar="${bar}\xe2\x96\x93" || bar="${bar}\xe2\x96\x91"; done
printf "%s  %b %s%%" "$model" "$bar" "$pct"

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