Context Bar

A Claude Code mod that shows context window usage

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source at 5cef0d3

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MIT license

Your context window as a stacked bar above the prompt, a color per category, with token counts and the compaction point. /context-bar shows or hides it.

What this mod can do

  • Reviewed at commit 5cef0d3
  • Reads environment variables
4 more things it can do
  • Reads files
  • Remembers data between sessions
  • Adds the /context-bar command
  • Runs on a timer
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Preview

Terminal

╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮ [-] │ ◆ context 44k of 200k · compacts at 167k 22% │ │ ████████████████████────────────────────────────────────────────────────────░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ ■ system prompt 2k 1% ■ system tools 15k 7.5% ■ skills 2k 1% ■ messages 25k 13% │ │ ─ free space 123k ░ autocompact buffer 33k │ ╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

Claude Desktop

Context Bar in Claude Desktop

What it does

What you see
Above the prompt
Works in
Terminal and Claude Desktop
Slash commands
/context-bar
Uses your tokens
No
Changes files
Nothing
Network access
None
Reviewed commit
5cef0d3
Preview recorded with
Claude Code 2.1.309

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