How to Track Claude Code Usage in Real Time

Claude Code team has recently shipped customizable status lines feature.

We can combine this with ccusage and we have a a beautiful CLI like this 👇

Getting Started

Make sure you’re on latest version of claude code. If not update it by running the following command

npm i -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

Add this in your  ~/.claude/settings.json file

{
"statusLine": {
    "type": "command",
    "command": "npx -y ccusage statusline"
  }
}

That’s pretty much it.

Honestly, Anthropic should have provided this as a first class feature. Maybe they’re not doing so for business reasons 🤑

Credits

https://x.com/iannuttall/status/1954272037976842547

Happy tracking usage!