jarrodwatts-claude-hud

Overview

Claude HUD is a Claude Code plugin that displays a real-time status bar below your input showing what is happening in your session. It provides at-a-glance visibility into context window usage, active tool calls, running subagents, and todo progress, helping you stay aware of your session state without interrupting your workflow.

Key Features

• Context health monitoring — A visual meter with color coding (green to yellow to red) shows how full your context window is, so you can take action before running out of space.
• Tool activity tracking — Watch Claude read, edit, and search files as it happens, with running tools showing a spinner and completed tools aggregated by type with counts.
• Subagent visibility — See which subagents are active, what they are working on, and how long each has been running, giving you full awareness of parallel work.
• Todo progress display — Track task completion in real-time with a progress bar that updates as Claude completes items from its todo list.
• Session metadata — Shows current model, subscription tier, project path, git branch, loaded config counts, usage limits, and session duration all in one line.

Who is this for?

Claude HUD is for Claude Code users who want better visibility into what is happening during their coding sessions. It is especially helpful for developers running long or complex tasks where context window management matters, or anyone who wants to monitor Claude's tool usage and subagent activity without disrupting their workflow.