Claude Code context, model, session usage, weekly limit, git branch — right in your VS Code status bar. Zero setup required.

✨ Sonnet 4.6  │  ██········ 13%  │  Session:6%  │  Weekly:19%  │  ↻ 1h 26m  │  ⎇ main  │  📁 my-project  │  ⊙ Team

What it shows

Segment	Description
`✨ Sonnet 4.6`	Current Claude model
`██········ 13%`	Context window usage (green → yellow → red)
`Session:6%`	5-hour rolling session usage
`Weekly:19%`	7-day weekly usage
`↻ 1h 26m`	Time until session limit resets
`⎇ main`	Git branch of workspace
`📁 my-project`	Current workspace folder
`⊙ Team`	Subscription plan

Colors follow green → yellow → red at 50% and 80% thresholds.

Requirements

VS Code 1.85+
Claude Code CLI (optional — git branch + folder always work without it)

Setup

Install the extension. That's it.

On first activation, the extension:

Writes ~/.claude/statusline.sh (Claude Code's statusline hook)
Registers it in ~/.claude/settings.json
Starts reading live data on your next Claude Code prompt

No manual configuration needed.

Without Claude Code CLI

The extension still shows:

✨ Claude  │  ⎇ main  │  📁 my-project

Hover the status bar item for a link to install Claude Code CLI and unlock all segments.

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
`claudeStatusline.refreshInterval`	`5`	Refresh every N seconds (2–60)
`claudeStatusline.showModel`	`true`	Show model name
`claudeStatusline.showContextBar`	`true`	Show context window bar
`claudeStatusline.showRateLimits`	`true`	Show Session/Weekly usage
`claudeStatusline.showGitBranch`	`true`	Show git branch
`claudeStatusline.showSessionDuration`	`true`	Show session duration
`claudeStatusline.showSubscription`	`true`	Show plan badge
`claudeStatusline.alignment`	`"left"`	`"left"` or `"right"`
`claudeStatusline.priority`	`100`	Status bar priority

Commands

Claude Statusline: Refresh Now — Force refresh
Claude Statusline: Show Details — Quick detail popup
Claude Statusline: Run Diagnostics — Debug output channel
Claude Statusline: Open Settings — Jump to settings

How it works

The extension writes a statusline.sh script that Claude Code CLI calls on every prompt, piping live JSON (model, context %, rate limits, session info). The script renders the terminal statusline and simultaneously writes ~/.claude/rate-cache.json. The VS Code extension reads this cache file every 5 seconds for live data.

When the cache is stale (>2 min since last CLI prompt), values show with a ~ prefix. When a new Claude Code session is detected (transcript newer than cache), context resets to 0%.