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7/17/2026
Catch the 5-Hour Cap Before You Hit It: token-budget-advisor and Status-Line Integration

Catch the 5-Hour Cap Before You Hit It: token-budget-advisor and Status-Line Integration

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A detailed walkthrough of token-budget-advisor.sh, a bash script that monitors Claude Code's 5-hour output token limits using absolute thresholds (800k warn, 1.2M critical) rather than opaque percentages. It integrates with ccusage and cost-log.jsonl, carefully deduplicating cumulative entries to avoid 2-3x overcounting. The script feeds warnings into the status line and dashboard for proactive rate-limit avoidance.

  • •token-budget-advisor.sh tracks absolute token counts vs Claude's percentage-only display
  • •Deduplicates cost-log.jsonl cumulative entries to prevent 2-3x overcounting
  • •Integrates with status line and dashboard for real-time warnings

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