What is Agent Bar for Claude Code?

Agent Bar is a status line extension that displays real-time metrics like API costs, rate limits, and context usage directly inside your Claude Code terminal.

What system dependencies are required?

The Agent Bar requires 'jq' to be installed on your system (macOS, Linux, or WSL) to parse configuration and status data.

Does Agent Bar track multiple services?

Yes, it is designed to monitor multi-service statuses including various API limits and OAuth connectivity states.

How can I customize the information shown in the status bar?

You can customize the layout and displayed metrics by creating a configuration file at ~/.claude/agent-bar.json or by running the /agent-bar:configure command.

Do I need to restart Claude after installation?

Yes, once the setup script finishes, you must restart your Claude Code session for the status bar to initialize and appear.

Agent Bar Setup

Name: Agent Bar Setup
Author: strataga

bystrataga

•

分析与监控

Installs and configures a real-time status bar for Claude Code to monitor context usage, rate limits, and API costs.

The Agent Bar Setup skill automates the installation and activation of a specialized status line for the Claude Code CLI environment. It provides developers with critical real-time observability into their AI sessions by displaying live metrics such as remaining context window, token rate limits, cumulative costs, and OAuth authentication status. By handling the underlying shell script execution and JSON configuration updates, this skill ensures a seamless integration that transforms the standard terminal interface into a data-rich development dashboard.

主要功能

01Integration of OAuth status indicators directly in the terminal

02Streamlined configuration of the Claude Code settings.json file

03Automated installation of the agent-bar status line script

04Visual tracking of context window usage and token consumption

053 GitHub stars

06Real-time monitoring of API rate limits and session costs

使用场景

01Installing a real-time cost tracker to monitor spending during long-running Claude Code sessions

02Configuring a terminal status line for better visibility into context window exhaustion

03Setting up a visual dashboard to prevent exceeding API rate limits during heavy development

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add strataga/agent-bar setup

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT