WilsonKinyua/claude-mods/tree/main/plugins/usage-band

A Claude Code plugin that shows 5-hour/7-day usage limits, context fill, spend and the git branch above the prompt bar, with notifications at 80% and 90% of the quota.
WilsonKinyua/claude-mods/tree/main/plugins/usage-band

usage-band is a Claude Code plugin from WilsonKinyua/claude-mods and requires Claude Code 2.1.286 or later. It draws circular indicators for the 5-hour and 7-day usage limits with reset countdowns, using SVG in the desktop app or ◔◑◕ characters in the terminal; the indicators turn amber at 60% and red at 85%. It also shows context-window fill, the current session's spend and today's/month's totals, the current git branch and the number of uncommitted changes. Notifications appear when a limit passes 80% and 90%, and the /usage command or details button opens a panel with context-category details and daily spend. Install it with /plugin marketplace add WilsonKinyua/claude-mods and /plugin install usage-band@wilson-mods. Usage limits appear only on Claude subscription plans; today's and this month's totals include only sessions that loaded this plugin.
Check the author's README for the marketplace and plugin name first. Commands may change as the repository evolves.
claude plugin marketplace add WilsonKinyua/claude-mods claude plugin install usage-band
Three Claude Code mods: plugins built from function hooks that run inside Claude Code, in the terminal and the desktop app's Code tab.
| Mod | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| house-rules | Keeps Claude's git work under your identity: removes AI co-author trailers, renames claude/ and ai/ branches, and blocks commits or PRs made as the wrong person |
| usage-band | Shows 5-hour and 7-day usage limits, context fill, cost and the git branch in a band above the prompt |
| lean-comments | Stops Claude adding banner, multi-line, long or narrating code comments, so comments only explain a non-obvious why in one short line |
Needs Claude Code 2.1.286 or later.
/plugin marketplace add WilsonKinyua/claude-mods
/plugin install house-rules@wilson-mods
/plugin install usage-band@wilson-mods
/plugin install lean-comments@wilson-mods
/reload-plugins
Plugins install at user scope, so they load in every project. Add --scope project to claude plugin install to turn one on for a single repo instead.
Mods run with the same access as Claude Code. Read the source before you install, as you would with any package.
It checks every Bash command Claude runs, including subagents' commands, before the command executes.
Corrected automatically (you get a toast, and Claude is told what actually ran):
-c user.email=…, -c user.name=…, GIT_AUTHOR_* / GIT_COMMITTER_* env vars and any --author that isn't yours are removed.Co-authored-by:, Generated-by:, 🤖 Generated with Claude Code and Claude session links are removed from commit messages and gh pr / gh issue text.git checkout -b claude/fix-login creates feat/fix-login, and a push in the same command follows the rename.Blocked, with the reason given to Claude:
git branch -m command to rename it first.git commit in a repo whose user.email or user.name isn't yours.git config user.email / user.name set to anything else.gh pr create while gh is signed in to another account. This check only runs if you set a GitHub login.Set these in /config, or from a terminal:
claude plugin configure house-rules@wilson-mods
| Setting | Default | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| gitEmail | your global user.email | The only email commits may be authored as |
| gitNames | your global user.name | Accepted author names, separated by commas |
| githubLogin | empty (no check) | The gh account allowed to open PRs |
| blockedBranchPrefixes | claude,ai,bot,copilot,codex,… | Branch prefixes that get renamed or blocked |
| branchType | feat | The prefix a blocked branch is renamed to |
If one repo should keep a different identity, such as a work email, run this inside that repo yourself:
git config house-rules.allow-identity true
Claude can't set that key; the mod blocks it.

/usage, or the details button, opens a pane with the context breakdown by category and spend per day.The rings are drawn as SVG in the desktop app and as ◔◑◕ glyphs in the terminal. Limits only appear on a Claude subscription. The today and month totals only count sessions where the mod was loaded.
It checks every Edit and Write Claude makes. Only comments the change adds are checked; existing comments are left alone. By default a change is refused, with a list of the offending comments, and Claude rewrites it. A comment is flagged when it:
// ── Section ────── or # ==========;/** … */ doc blocks;// Step 1: load config or # Helpers.A change that adds more than 3 new comments is flagged too.
Tool directives are never flagged: eslint-disable, @ts-expect-error, noqa, # type: ignore, prettier-ignore, //go:, shebangs, license headers and similar. Markdown and other prose files are skipped.
It understands comment syntax for JS/TS, Go, Java, Kotlin, Swift, C/C++, C#, Rust, Dart, PHP, Python, Ruby, shell, YAML, TOML, SQL, Lua, CSS/SCSS, HTML, Vue, Svelte and Astro.
| Setting | Default | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mode | block | block refuses the change so Claude rewrites it; warn lets it through and tells Claude what to fix; off disables the mod |
| maxLength | 120 | Longest comment text allowed, in characters |
| maxNewComments | 3 | How many new comments one change may add |
| allowDocComments | false | Let /** … */ doc blocks span several lines, e.g. for a published library's API |
claude --plugin-dir ./plugins/usage-band
claude plugin validate ./plugins/usage-band
Saving a file reloads the mod in the running session. Bump version in the plugin's plugin.json and in .claude-plugin/marketplace.json when you release, so claude plugin marketplace update wilson-mods picks up the change.