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Developer builds desktop widget to track AI tool usage limits

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A developer has created "Token Slayer," a desktop widget designed to track usage limits for AI tools like Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. The widget visually represents remaining usage as a character's health points, with the character actively fighting while an agent is in use. It also offers features such as usage prediction, a leveling system that rewards active use, achievements, and customization options, running on macOS and Windows. AI

IMPACT Provides a novel visualization and management tool for users of multiple AI coding assistants.

RANK_REASON The item describes a third-party application that integrates with existing AI tools, rather than a release from a core AI lab.

Read on dev.to — Claude Code tag →

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Developer builds desktop widget to track AI tool usage limits

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  1. dev.to — Claude Code tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Yong ·

    I built a desktop widget that turns my Claude Code, Codex and Cursor limits into a pixel hero's HP

    <p>I switch between Claude Code, Codex and Cursor all day, and I got tired of checking how much of each limit I had left. Every check meant going to a different place for each tool, and I was doing it over and over just to decide which agent to use next.</p> <p>So I built <strong…

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