Claude Code

Find What Is Draining Your Claude Limit with /usage

One command ranks skills, subagents, plugins and MCP servers by how much of your limit they use, and flags the habits behind it. How to read it, what to do about each culprit, and the catch

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On a Pro, Max, Team or Enterprise plan, Claude Code can show you what is counting against your plan limits. Most people never open it, so they guess. Here is how to read it and what to change.

Step 1: open the breakdown

  1. In Claude Code, type /usage. (/cost and /stats open the same screen.)
  2. Look for the breakdown of what counts against your plan limits. It lists recent usage attributed to skills, subagents, plugins and individual MCP servers, each as a percentage of the total.
  3. Press d or w to switch between the last 24 hours and the last 7 days.

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