Claude Usage

Claude Usage

Check Claude Max subscription usage by launching Claude Code interactively.

Requirements

• expect must be installed (available at /usr/bin/expect on macOS)
• Claude Code CLI must be installed and authenticated

Procedure

Use expect to automate the interactive TUI (the /usage command is a terminal UI, not a simple CLI):

1. Run the expect script to launch Claude Code and execute /usage:

   expect -c '
   spawn claude
   expect "Welcome"
   send "/usage\r"
   expect "Show plan usage"
   sleep 1
   send "\r"
   expect "Resets"
   '
   

2. Parse the output for these metrics:

   • Current session: Look for "Current session" line with percentage and reset time
   • Current week (all models): Look for "Current week (all models)" with percentage and reset date
   • Current week (Sonnet only): Look for "Current week (Sonnet only)" with percentage
   • Extra usage: Look for "Extra usage" line

3. Strip ANSI escape codes from output before parsing

4. Format and relay the metrics to the user

Example Output

The expect script returns something like:

Current session     ██████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 21% used    Resets 5:59pm (America/Los_Angeles)

Current week (all models)
████████████████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 28% used    Resets Feb 21 at 6am (America/Los_Angeles)

Current week (Sonnet only)
█████████████████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░ 29% used    Resets Feb 21 at 7am (America/Los_Angeles)

Extra usage
Extra usage not enabled • /extra-usage to enable

$50 free extra usage · /extra-usage to enable

Fallback

If expect is not available, fall back to:

1. claude auth status - shows subscription type (Max/Pro)
2. ~/.claude/stats-cache.json - shows local session token counts (limited data)