[tools] pace
AI coding limit pace calculator
A percentage says where you are. Pace says where you’re headed. Enter what your tool shows for a Claude Code, Codex or Cursor limit and see whether it lasts until the reset.
The percentage /usage, /status or your tool’s usage page shows.
Up to 5h. Your tool shows it next to the limit.
[5-hour session]
resets in 2h 30m- Your rate so far
- 24%/ hour
- To last until the reset
- ≤ 16%/ hour
How to read your pace
Every limit is a budget on a clock. The white tick on the meter marks how much of the window has passed. When the fill runs ahead of the tick, you’re spending faster than time is passing, and at that rate you run out before the reset.
- On track: you’re at or behind the clock, with at least 30% left.
- Burning fast: more than 5% ahead of the clock, or under 30% left.
- Running out: more than 20% ahead of the clock, or under 15% left.
Where to find the numbers
- Claude Code: run
/usage, or open Settings › Usage on claude.ai. Both show each window and when it resets. - Codex: run
/statusin the CLI, or open the usage page in ChatGPT’s Codex settings. - Cursor: the editor’s settings show the weekly pool and when it resets. Legacy plans show two monthly pools in the dashboard.
When you’re ahead of the clock
Clear context between tasks, move routine edits to a smaller model and run fewer agents at once. The pacing guide covers each in detail.
Questions
What does ahead of the clock mean?
You’ve used a bigger share of the limit than of the window. 60% used with half the window gone is 10% ahead of the clock: keep that rate and you run out before the reset.
How is the run-out time forecast?
As a straight line from your burn rate so far: what you’ve used divided by the time since the window opened. If that line hits 100% before the reset, the calculator shows when.
Is this the same math Burnstate uses?
Yes. The status, the clock and the forecast come from the same code as the app’s meters, so the numbers here match what the menu bar would say for the same limit.
[burnstate]
Your pace, always in the menu bar.
Burnstate runs this math for every limit you have, all day, and tells you before you’d run out. No typing numbers in.