modscode / Gallery / cache-clock
cache-clock
Shows how long Claude Code's prompt cache stays warm, how many tokens your next message re-sends, and what it costs now versus after the cache expires.
What it does
- Draws a pane
- Adds /cache
- Hooks classic.SessionStart, session.start, turn.complete, turn.start and 1 more
- Keeps its own state between turns
- Calls the network
Good points
- Starts no processes
- Written in TypeScript
- Writes no files
Code to start from
Two kinds: a starter modscode writes from the design above, and the lines of the mod's own code that draw it.
Starter (register.tsx)
import type { Register } from 'claude-code'
// Drawn like cache-clock by XYZ Makes (pane), as modscode read it from the mod's code:
// https://modscode.com/gallery/xyzbuilds-cache-clock/
// Written by modscode from that reading, not copied from the mod: use it as you like.
// Each value below stands for one the mod works out at run time; put in your own.
export const register: Register = on => {
// the pane: open it with $.ui.open({ id: 'my-pane', title: "Prompt cache" })
on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: 'my-pane' }, async ($, e) => {
const { Box, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
const label = '…'
const why = '…'
const bar = '…'
const tokensText = '…'
const moneyText = '…'
const moneyText2 = '…'
const name = '…'
const o = '…'
const hit = '…'
const requests = '…'
const durationText = '…'
const cause = '…'
const shortModel = '…'
return (
<Box flexDirection="column" paddingX={1}>
<Box flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between">
<Text bold>
⏱ Prompt cache
</Text>
<Text dimColor>
{`${label} · ${why}`}
</Text>
</Box>
<Text dimColor>
────────
</Text>
<Text>
{`${bar} expired`}
</Text>
<Box flexDirection="column" marginTop={1}>
<Text bold color="blue">
NEXT MESSAGE
</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">
{`Re-sends ${tokensText} tokens of the ${tokensText} window.`}
</Text>
<Text>
<Text color="green">
{`cache warm ${bar} `}
</Text>
<Text>
{moneyText}
</Text>
</Text>
<Text>
<Text color="red">
{`cache expired ${bar} `}
</Text>
<Text>
{moneyText2}
</Text>
</Text>
<Text dimColor wrap="wrap">
{`${name} (price unknown, Opus 5.5 assumed) at API prices, before Claude's reply. Prices: Anthropic's pricing page, read ‹…`}
</Text>
</Box>
<Box flexDirection="column" marginTop={1}>
<Text bold color="cyan">
WHAT TO DO
</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">
{`• ${o}`}
</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">
{`• ${o}`}
</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">
{`• ${o}`}
</Text>
</Box>
<Text dimColor>
────────
</Text>
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Text bold color="magenta">
THIS SESSION
</Text>
<Text>
<Text color="red">
○
</Text>
<Text color="red">
○
</Text>
<Text color="red">
○
</Text>
</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">
{`hit ${hit}% · ${requests} requests · ${tokensText} read from cache · ${tokensText} written · ≈ ${moneyText} at API prices`}
</Text>
<Box flexDirection="column" marginTop={1}>
<Text dimColor>
Rebuilt:
</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">
{`${durationText} ago · ${tokensText} tokens · ${cause} · ${moneyText}`}
</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">
{`${durationText} ago · ${tokensText} tokens · ${cause} · ${moneyText}`}
</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">
{`${durationText} ago · ${tokensText} tokens · ${cause} · ${moneyText}`}
</Text>
</Box>
</Box>
<Text dimColor>
────────
</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">
<Text bold>
{"Resets the cache: "}
</Text>
<Text>
/model, fast mode on, adding an MCP server, /compact, a long pause.
</Text>
</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">
<Text bold>
{"Keeps it: "}
</Text>
<Text>
editing files, skills, /rewind, subagents, permission modes.
</Text>
</Text>
<Text dimColor wrap="wrap">
{`Last request on ${shortModel} · context ${tokensText} tokens.`}
</Text>
</Box>
)
})
}
The mod's own code
Shown under the mod's licence (MIT); its text is below. Keep the notice if you copy these lines.
hooks/register.tsx lines 383–387 · Pane
on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: PANE }, async ($, e) => {
const clock = await read($, clockAtom)
const now = (await read($, nowAtom)) || (await $.clock.now())
return paneView($, e, clock, now, Math.max(20, e.props.bodyColumns - 2))
})hooks/register.tsx lines 213–311 · Pane
function paneView($: EngineInterface, e: View, clock: Clock, now: number, width: number) {
const { Box, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
const rule = '─'.repeat(width)
const last = clock.last
const header = (
<Box flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between">
<Text bold>⏱ Prompt cache</Text>
<Text dimColor>{`${clock.ttl.label} · ${clock.ttl.why}`}</Text>
</Box>
)
if (!last) {
return (
<Box flexDirection="column" paddingX={1}>
{header}
<Text dimColor>{rule}</Text>
<Text dimColor>Nothing cached yet: the first reply starts the clock.</Text>
</Box>
)
}
const price = priceFor(last.model)
const next = nextCost(last, price, clock.ttl.ms)
const phase = phaseOf(last, clock.ttl, clock.isWorking, now)
const left = Math.max(0, last.at + clock.ttl.ms - now)
const barWidth = Math.max(10, width - 22)
const costWidth = Math.max(10, width - 26)
const t = clock.totals
const hit = Math.round((100 * t.read) / Math.max(1, t.read + t.write + t.input))
const fresh = clock.base > 0 ? freshCost(clock.base, price, clock.ttl.ms) : undefined
const compact = compactCost(last, price)
const options: string[] =
phase === 'expired'
? [
`Continue: ≈ ${moneyText(next.cold)} for the next message, then ≈ ${moneyText(next.warm)} a message while warm.`,
...(fresh !== undefined ? [`Start fresh with /clear: ≈ ${moneyText(fresh)}. Claude forgets this conversation; save what you need to a file first.`] : []),
`/compact first: re-reads all ${tokensText(next.tokens)} tokens without the cache to summarize them, then each message is small.`,
]
: [
`Keep going: ≈ ${moneyText(next.warm)} a short message while warm.`,
`Stepping away for longer than ${phase === 'working' ? (clock.ttl.ms >= HOUR ? 'an hour' : '5 minutes') : durationText(left)}? /compact now ≈ ${moneyText(compact)}; once cold, the next message is ≈ ${moneyText(next.cold)}.`,
]
return (
<Box flexDirection="column" paddingX={1}>
{header}
<Text dimColor>{rule}</Text>
<Text color={COLOR[phase]}>
{phase === 'expired' ? `${bar(0, barWidth)} expired` : `${bar(phase === 'working' ? 1 : left / clock.ttl.ms, barWidth)} ${phase === 'working' ? 'in use' : `${durationText(left)} left`}`}
</Text>
<Box flexDirection="column" marginTop={1}>
<Text bold color="blue">NEXT MESSAGE</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">{`Re-sends ${tokensText(next.tokens)} tokens${clock.window ? ` of the ${tokensText(clock.window)} window` : ''}.`}</Text>
<Text>
<Text color="green">{`cache warm ${bar(next.warm / Math.max(next.cold, 1e-9), costWidth)} `}</Text>
<Text>{moneyText(next.warm)}</Text>
</Text>
<Text>
<Text color="red">{`cache expired ${bar(1, costWidth)} `}</Text>
<Text>{moneyText(next.cold)}</Text>
</Text>
<Text dimColor wrap="wrap">{`${price.name}${price.isGuess ? ' (price unknown, Opus 5.5 assumed)' : ''} at API prices, before Claude's reply. Prices: ${pricedAt ? `Anthropic's pricing page, read ${durationText(now - pricedAt)} ago` : `built-in list of ${BUILT_IN_DATE}`}.`}</Text>
</Box>
<Box flexDirection="column" marginTop={1}>
<Text bold color="cyan">WHAT TO DO</Text>
{options.map((o, i) => (
<Text key={`o-${i}`} wrap="wrap">{`• ${o}`}</Text>
))}
</Box>
<Text dimColor>{rule}</Text>
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Text bold color="magenta">THIS SESSION</Text>
<Text>
{clock.history.map((r, i) => (
<Text key={`h-${i}`} color={r.isMiss ? 'red' : 'green'}>
{r.isMiss ? '○' : '●'}
</Text>
))}
</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">{`hit ${hit}% · ${t.requests} requests · ${tokensText(t.read)} read from cache · ${tokensText(t.write)} written · ≈ ${moneyText(t.usd)} at API prices`}</Text>
{clock.misses.length > 0 && (
<Box flexDirection="column" marginTop={1}>
<Text dimColor>Rebuilt:</Text>
{clock.misses.map((m, i) => (
<Text key={`m-${i}`} wrap="wrap">{`${durationText(now - m.at)} ago · ${tokensText(m.write)} tokens · ${m.cause ?? 'unknown'} · ${moneyText(m.usd)}`}</Text>
))}
</Box>
)}
</Box>
<Text dimColor>{rule}</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">
<Text bold>Resets the cache: </Text>
<Text>/model, fast mode on, adding an MCP server, /compact, a long pause.</Text>
</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">
<Text bold>Keeps it: </Text>
<Text>editing files, skills, /rewind, subagents, permission modes.</Text>
</Text>
<Text dimColor wrap="wrap">{`Last request on ${shortModel(last.model)} · context ${tokensText(contextOf(last))} tokens.`}</Text>
</Box>
)
}Licence text (MIT)
MIT License Copyright (c) 2026 XYZ Makes LLC Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
What its code calls
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The design, read from code
Drawn from the mod's source at the commit read, not from a run: a list is drawn three times, a condition takes its first branch that draws in the desktop app, and a value only the run time knows is shown as a made-up sample (dotted underline) or left out. Colours and type are this site's.
What its code shows
Read from the source at commit 1447f239ed52 on 2026-10-06. The first group decides whether a mod is listed; the rest is for you to weigh. A later commit is not read until the next crawl.
| Decides the listing: code you can check | |
|---|---|
| Entry read | Every module hooks/hooks.json names was read.hooks/register.tsx |
| Parses | Every file parses as TypeScript or JavaScript.3 files parsed |
| All its code is in the mod | Every import is a file of the mod or the engine's own module; no packages, no require.all its code is in the mod |
| Readable | No minified lines, no eval or new Function, no import of a computed path, no encoded blobs.no minified code, no eval, no encoded blobs |
| Calls in the open | Network and programs are reached as $.http.fetch and $.process.run in place, never passed around.every call outside goes through $ in the open |
| For you to weigh before installing | |
| Where it draws | The terminal, the desktop app, both, or nothing (hooks only: a guard or a prompt rewriter), as its code says. Shown, never a reason to leave a mod out.draws in the terminal and the desktop app, the same in both |
| Install line | Whether its repository's own .claude-plugin/marketplace.json lists it, so it installs from that marketplace with the lines on its page.its repository's .claude-plugin/marketplace.json does not list it: no install line to give |
| Programs on Windows | Whether every program it starts through $.process exists on Windows (tail, date, open, osascript, /usr/… do not).runs no program a Windows PC lacks |
| Network | Whether every fetch names its https host in the code.https://platform.claude.com |
| Programs | Whether every program it starts is named in the code and is not a shell, an interpreter or a network tool.starts no programs |
| Reads and sends | Whether it both reads files or environment variables and reaches the network.reads environment variables and reaches the network |
| Keys in the source | Whether the source holds what looks like an API key or a private key.no keys in the source |
| Licence | An open licence (MIT, Apache-2.0, BSD, ISC, Unlicense, 0BSD, CC0) with its text lets modscode show its code; otherwise the code is linked.MIT |
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