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Claude Usage

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Calculate Claude Max subscription usage from OpenClaw session data. Shows credits consumed, weekly budget percentage, 5-hour rate limit window, and per-session breakdown.

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# Claude Max Usage Calculator

Track your Claude Max subscription usage based on the reverse-engineered credits system from she-llac.com/claude-limits.

When to use

When the user asks about Claude usage, credits, subscription consumption, rate limits, or wants to know how much budget is left.

Setup (first time)

  1. Ask the user for:
  2. Weekly reset time — visible on claude.ai Settings > Usage (e.g. "Resets Mon 2:00 PM")
  3. Plan — `pro` ($20), `5x` ($100), or `20x` ($200). Default: `5x`

Save it so they never have to repeat: ```bash python3 {SKILL_DIR}/scripts/claude-usage.py "2026-02-09 14:00" --plan 5x --save ```

Commands

```bash # Weekly overview (uses saved config after first --save) python3 {SKILL_DIR}/scripts/claude-usage.py

# Override plan or timezone python3 {SKILL_DIR}/scripts/claude-usage.py --plan 20x --tz "America/New_York"

# Top N sessions only python3 {SKILL_DIR}/scripts/claude-usage.py --top 5

# Single session detail (substring match on key or id) python3 {SKILL_DIR}/scripts/claude-usage.py --session "main" python3 {SKILL_DIR}/scripts/claude-usage.py --session "9aadee"

# JSON output python3 {SKILL_DIR}/scripts/claude-usage.py --json ```

What it shows

Weekly overview - Total credits used vs weekly budget (with progress bar) - **5-hour sliding window** — warns if approaching the per-5h rate limit - All sessions ranked by credits consumed - Model breakdown (Opus/Sonnet/Haiku/non-Claude)

Single session detail (`--session`) - Credits consumed and % of weekly budget - % of total usage (how much of your spending this session accounts for) - Token breakdown (input/output/cache) - Per-model detail

Credits formula

``` credits = (input_tokens + cache_write_tokens) × input_rate + output_tokens × output_rate ```

| Model | Input rate | Output rate | |--------|-----------|-------------| | Haiku | 2/15 | 10/15 | | Sonnet | 6/15 | 30/15 | | Opus | 10/15 | 50/15 |

Cache reads are free. Non-Claude models (Gemini, Codex, etc.) don't consume Claude credits.

Plan budgets

| Plan | $/month | Credits/5h | Credits/week | |------|---------|-----------|-------------| | Pro | $20 | 550,000 | 5,000,000 | | 5× | $100 | 3,300,000 | 41,666,700 | | 20× | $200 | 11,000,000| 83,333,300 |

Requirements

  • Python 3.9+
  • OpenClaw with session JSONL files (auto-detected at `~/.openclaw/agents/main/sessions/`)

Use Cases

  • Calculate Claude Max subscription usage based on the reverse-engineered credits system
  • Track how many credits each model consumes per session to optimize model selection
  • Estimate remaining capacity before starting a resource-intensive coding session
  • Compare credit consumption rates across Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku for budgeting
  • Monitor weekly credit burn rate to predict when limits will be reached

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • +Based on real reverse-engineered credit data from she-llac.com
  • +Provides per-model credit breakdowns for informed model selection
  • +No API keys required — works with local CLI data

Cons

  • -Credit system is reverse-engineered and may become inaccurate if Anthropic changes it
  • -Only relevant for Max subscription holders — not applicable to API billing
  • -Only available on claude-code and openclaw platforms

FAQ

What does Claude Usage do?
Calculate Claude Max subscription usage from OpenClaw session data. Shows credits consumed, weekly budget percentage, 5-hour rate limit window, and per-session breakdown.
What platforms support Claude Usage?
Claude Usage is available on Claude Code, OpenClaw.
What are the use cases for Claude Usage?
Calculate Claude Max subscription usage based on the reverse-engineered credits system. Track how many credits each model consumes per session to optimize model selection. Estimate remaining capacity before starting a resource-intensive coding session.

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