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Tracks API rate limits and quota status for Claude Code.

Install

mkdir -p .claude/skills/quota-tracker && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/16184" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/quota-tracker && rm skill.zip

Installs to .claude/skills/quota-tracker

Activation

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Track Claude Code quota usage via Anthropic API rate limit headers. Shows 5h and 7d utilization, reset times, and quota status. Works with both subscription and API key auth.
174 charsno explicit “when” trigger
Intermediate

Key capabilities

  • Track Claude Code quota usage in real time.
  • Display 5-hour and 7-day utilization percentages.
  • Show reset times for 5-hour and 7-day quota windows.
  • Indicate current quota status (allowed or rejected).
  • Provide human-readable quota state.
  • Provide machine-readable quota state in JSON format.

How it works

A credential proxy intercepts Anthropic API rate limit headers from Claude Code responses and writes the quota state to a JSON file for real-time monitoring.

Inputs & outputs

You give it
User request to check Claude Code quota.
You get back
Current quota state including utilization, reset times, and status.

When to use quota-tracker

  • Check remaining API quota
  • Monitor rate limit status
  • View quota reset times

About this skill

Quota Tracker

Monitor your Claude Code quota in real time by intercepting Anthropic API rate limit headers.

When to Use

  • "How much quota do I have left?"
  • "Am I close to the rate limit?"
  • "When does my quota reset?"
  • Before starting expensive tasks

How It Works

A credential proxy sits between Claude Code and the Anthropic API. It reads anthropic-ratelimit-unified-* headers from every API response and writes quota state to a JSON file.

Quick Check

# Read current quota state
cat quota-state.json

Output includes:

  • anthropic-ratelimit-unified-5h-utilization — % of 5-hour window used
  • anthropic-ratelimit-unified-7d-utilization — % of 7-day window used
  • anthropic-ratelimit-unified-5h-reset — when the 5h window resets (epoch)
  • anthropic-ratelimit-unified-7d-reset — when the 7d window resets (epoch)
  • anthropic-ratelimit-unified-status — "allowed" or "rejected"

Setup

1. Start the credential proxy

npx tsx "$SKILL_DIR/scripts/credential-proxy.ts"

This starts on port 7846 and reads OAuth credentials from macOS keychain.

2. Route Claude Code through the proxy

ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:7846 claude ...

Or add to your voice agent's launchd plist:

<key>ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL</key>
<string>http://localhost:7846</string>

3. Read quota state

python3 "$SKILL_DIR/scripts/read-quota.py"           # human readable
python3 "$SKILL_DIR/scripts/read-quota.py" --json     # machine readable
python3 "$SKILL_DIR/scripts/read-quota.py" --gate     # exit 1 if exhausted OR not routed

Requirements

  • macOS (reads OAuth from keychain)
  • Claude Code logged in (subscription or API key)
  • Node.js with tsx

When not to use it

  • When the user is not using Claude Code.
  • When the user does not have macOS.
  • When the user does not have Node.js with tsx.

Prerequisites

macOSClaude Code logged in (subscription or API key)Node.js with tsx

Limitations

  • The skill requires macOS to read OAuth credentials from the keychain.
  • It requires Claude Code to be logged in.
  • It requires Node.js with tsx for the credential proxy.

How it compares

This skill provides real-time quota tracking by intercepting API headers, unlike checking usage through a separate dashboard.

Compared to similar skills

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