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AI usage

Track what your local AI coding tools are spending, right next to your CPU.

If you code with AI tools all day, that spend is as much a system metric as CPU load. Operator puts it in the menu bar next to everything else — sessions, tokens, cost and streaks.

What it recognises

  • Claude
  • Codex
  • Gemini
  • Copilot
  • Antigravity
  • Grok
  • Kimi
  • A custom tool you point it at

Where the numbers come from

Two sources, both about your own account: the transcript and auth files those CLIs already keep on your Mac, and the provider’s own usage endpoint where one exists. Operator reads what is already on disk — it does not proxy your prompts or send them anywhere.

Costs are Operator’s own calculation from token counts and published prices. Treat them as a close estimate for spotting a runaway session, not as your invoice — the provider’s bill is the authority.

Configure which accounts are tracked under Settings → AI.