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You can do tons more, really. There’s even a built-in /statusline command to modify it; mine shows both context window usage alongside session and weekly limit,

by 9dev 2mo ago

You can do tons more, really. There’s even a built-in /statusline command to modify it; mine shows both context window usage alongside session and weekly limit, all of them as progress bars. Just ask Claude to do it.

user43928 2mo ago
That's what is shown by default in the app. I'll never understand why anyone would want to restrict themselves to a terminal interface instead, and I say this as a Vim user.
- 9dev 2mo ago
  > That's what is shown by default in the app. It is shown in Claude Desktop if you care to check in Settings > Usage, sure - but not in Claude Code, updated as you work with it. > I'll never understand why anyone would want to restrict themselves to a terminal interface instead, and I say this as a Vim user. I usually work with Claude in tandem, that is: The agent is actively working while I am either reviewing code or making changes myself in other places. So this means I want to work within my IDE. If you use Claude Code to vibe-code without interacting with the codebase at all, the Desktop app is probably fine, but for all other purposes, you'll need to run it either in the CLI or integrated into your editor. And since I use different editors and don't like using either a sub-par U integration or locking myself into the harness of my IDE's vendor, I prefer the CLI as a universal way of running Claude Code.
  - bix6 2mo ago
    > It is shown in Claude Desktop if you care to check in Settings > Usage, sure - but not in Claude Code, updated as you work with it. What? Claude Code shows you context window and session limits right next to the text input box.
    - 9dev 2mo ago
      The default status line doesn't do that, but admittedly it has been a while since I used vanilla Claude Code. Either way, it definitely does not display weekly limits out of the box
  - user43928 2mo ago
    Claude Desktop also contains Claude Code that you need to select specifically over the default or Cowork. I would refer to it as Claude app vs Claude (Code) CLI. The app has a context wheel on the right of the chat box, showing both current conversation context breakdown and 5h as well as weekly limits.

by 9dev 2mo ago

user43928 2mo ago

That's what is shown by default in the app. I'll never understand why anyone would want to restrict themselves to a terminal interface instead, and I say this as a Vim user.

9dev 2mo ago
> That's what is shown by default in the app. It is shown in Claude Desktop if you care to check in Settings > Usage, sure - but not in Claude Code, updated as you work with it. > I'll never understand why anyone would want to restrict themselves to a terminal interface instead, and I say this as a Vim user. I usually work with Claude in tandem, that is: The agent is actively working while I am either reviewing code or making changes myself in other places. So this means I want to work within my IDE. If you use Claude Code to vibe-code without interacting with the codebase at all, the Desktop app is probably fine, but for all other purposes, you'll need to run it either in the CLI or integrated into your editor. And since I use different editors and don't like using either a sub-par U integration or locking myself into the harness of my IDE's vendor, I prefer the CLI as a universal way of running Claude Code.
- bix6 2mo ago
  > It is shown in Claude Desktop if you care to check in Settings > Usage, sure - but not in Claude Code, updated as you work with it. What? Claude Code shows you context window and session limits right next to the text input box.
  - 9dev 2mo ago
    The default status line doesn't do that, but admittedly it has been a while since I used vanilla Claude Code. Either way, it definitely does not display weekly limits out of the box
- user43928 2mo ago
  Claude Desktop also contains Claude Code that you need to select specifically over the default or Cowork. I would refer to it as Claude app vs Claude (Code) CLI. The app has a context wheel on the right of the chat box, showing both current conversation context breakdown and 5h as well as weekly limits.