Claude Code mod
usage-hud
Band above the prompt: the Rei Clawd showing what the session is doing, 5-hour window and context gauges that heat to red past 75%, and a handoff that saves to disk and continues in a fresh session.
Install
/plugin marketplace add ba-lison/usage-hud
/plugin install usage-hud@balison-modsMods install like plugins. Run /reload-plugins or start a new session to load it.
What it can access
- Reach
- L2Writes or runs: writes files, drives Claude, writes the prompt box, writes the clipboard, reads files, reads mod state, draws
- Sees
- every prompt, every tool call, compaction
- Hooks
session.startsession.measureprompt.submitturn.startturn.steptool.callsession.compactturn.complete
From a static scan of the mod's code by awesome-claude-code-mods. It shows what the code asks for, not a security review.
How Claude Code mods work
- A mod is a plugin with a JavaScript or TypeScript module that runs inside Claude Code (version 2.1.287 or later). It can draw panes beside the transcript, a band above the prompt, buttons and toasts, restyle the spinner and tool rows, and watch or rewrite tool calls and prompts.
- It installs like any plugin: add its marketplace with /plugin marketplace add owner/repo, then /plugin install name@marketplace.
- Check what a mod can reach before installing: it runs with your permissions. Reach goes from drawing only, to reading files, to writing files or running processes, to the network. Run claude plugin validate on a clone to list its hooks and calls without running it.
- Turn one off from the Installed tab in /plugin, or start Claude Code with --safe-mode to skip every customization for a session.
Details
- Repository
- ba-lison/usage-hud
- Folder
.- Marketplace
balison-mods- Author
- Alison Cruz
- License
- MIT
- Last updated
- 25 October 2026
- Listed in
- awesome-claude-code-mods
FAQ
What is usage-hud?
Band above the prompt: the Rei Clawd showing what the session is doing, 5-hour window and context gauges that heat to red past 75%, and a handoff that saves to disk and continues in a fresh session. It is a mod for Claude Code, from ba-lison/usage-hud on GitHub.
What can the usage-hud mod access?
Its widest reach is "writes or runs" (writes files, drives Claude, writes the prompt box, writes the clipboard, reads files, reads mod state, draws). It sees every prompt, every tool call, compaction. Like any mod, it runs with your permissions.
How do I install usage-hud?
Inside Claude Code (v2.1.287 or later), run /plugin marketplace add ba-lison/usage-hud and then /plugin install usage-hud@balison-mods.
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