If you regularly hit the limits of Claude Code (5-hour and weekly window), you can display them directly in the terminal status bar instead of checking /usage every time.
Claude Code allows you to replace the status bar with your own script: with each update, it receives JSON, and in it, besides the model and current directory, there is a rate_limits field - the percentage of usage for both windows. I displayed them in the right corner of the line: highlighted in yellow after 80% and in red after 95%. I also added the current model, reasoning effort level, and context size in tokens.
Script and installation instructions (along with the pitfalls I've already encountered):
