git:20260924.c9037eb to git:20260930.0b23abb

13 added, 4 removed. Audit A to A.

---

name: install-meter

description: Add the terse context meter to the Claude Code status line. Use when the user asks to install, enable or show the context meter or percentage in the status line.

+ disable-model-invocation: true

---

- Add this entry to the user's `~/.claude/settings.json` (create the key if missing, keep every other key as is):

+ Install the meter in two steps. Paths below are already substituted by Claude Code, use them verbatim.

+ 1. Copy the meter script to the plugin's data directory, which survives plugin updates:

+ ```

+ mkdir -p "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA}" && cp "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/statusline/context-meter.js" "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA}/context-meter.js"

+ ```

+ 2. Add this entry to the user's `~/.claude/settings.json` (create the key if missing, keep every other key as is):

```json

"statusLine": {

"type": "command",

- "command": "node \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/statusline/context-meter.js\""

+ "command": "node \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA}/context-meter.js\""

}

```

- Use the absolute path shown above verbatim. Claude Code reloads the status line on save, no restart needed.

- Then tell the user: the meter shows model name and context fill percentage. Colours: green below 37%, yellow from 37%, orange from 49%, skull from 60%. The thresholds are below the usual 50, 65 and 80 percent because retrieval quality degrades before a large window fills. Sources are linked in the README, meter section. The thresholds are the three numbers near the top of `context-meter.js`.

+ Claude Code reloads the status line on save, no restart needed. Edit the file in place and leave no backup copies.

+ Then tell the user: the meter shows model name and context fill percentage. Colours: green below 37%, yellow from 37%, orange from 49%, skull from 60%. The thresholds are below the usual 50, 65 and 80 percent because retrieval quality degrades before a large window fills. Sources are linked in the README, meter section. The thresholds are the three numbers near the top of the copied `context-meter.js`. A plugin update does not touch the copy, so rerun `/terse:install-meter` after an update to pick up a changed meter.