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Claude Code and Codex usage limits, right in your Mac’s notch

Isle shows how much of each AI usage limit is left as rings in the MacBook notch, follows what every session is doing, and lets you answer a session that is waiting for you without switching windows.

What the island shows

Rings for the limits you have left

Every AI account you turn on gets a ring in the notch, in its brand color: Claude orange, OpenAI green, Gemini blue. The ring shows how much of the limit is left. Open the AI tab and you see the limits each service reports, such as a 5-hour limit and a weekly limit, side by side. Have more than one Claude, Codex or Antigravity profile? Each one gets its own ring.

The request and the step each session is on

While an AI works, its card shows your request and the action it is taking right now, like “Editing main.swift” or “Running the tests”. Islet, Isle’s mascot, tells you when a request starts and when it finishes, so you can stop watching the terminal. Sessions opened by other apps show up with the app’s name (Codara, iTerm, Ghostty, Zed…), and a session counts as working while one of its subagents works.

Answer a session that is waiting for you

When a session stops to ask you something, its icon pulses and Islet tells you it is waiting. You can answer right from the island:

• In Terminal and iTerm, the card gets Allow and Deny. Isle types your answer into that session’s tab, as if you did. This is the way to approve a pending permission; macOS asks for the Automation permission once.
• In other apps that run Claude Code, like Codara or the Claude app, the card gets a field to reply. Claude Code receives your message as a note, so it works for answering or steering the session, not for approving a permission.

Notices that wait for you

Whatever needs you (an AI waiting, an error, a usage limit) stays open in Islet’s bubble until you close or resolve it, and Islet also tells you when a limit renews. Every notice is kept in Islet’s Notes, in the … menu of the hub, and each kind has its own switch in Settings › Islet.

Supported AI services

Isle reads usage for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, GitHub Copilot and more than 20 other AI services. This is the list in Isle 1.0.20.

Coding agents and plans

• Claude Code
• Codex
• Cursor
• Gemini
• Antigravity
• GitHub Copilot
• Grok
• Devin
• OpenCode
• Command Code
• Kimi
• Kiro
• Amp
• Kilo
• GLM Coding Plan
• MiniMax
• DeepSeek
• QianwenAI
• Apify

Models on your Mac

• Ollama (on this Mac or in Ollama’s cloud)
• LM Studio

Any OpenAI-compatible endpoint

Add your own endpoints in Isle’s Usage settings, with ready-made templates for these services and local servers:

• OpenRouter
• Groq
• Together AI
• Mistral AI
• DeepInfra
• vLLM
• llama.cpp
• Ollama proxy

Names are trademarks of their owners. Isle is not affiliated with any of these companies.

How the usage checks work

• Nothing is checked until you turn it on, and only for the accounts you choose.
• Checks go straight from your Mac to each provider. Isle has no account and no analytics, and your AI sessions are read on your Mac and stay there. Details are in the privacy policy.
• Most services use the login you already have. Isle tells you what each one needs: signing in to Cursor in the editor, running gh auth login for Copilot, or amp login for Amp, for example. A few, like Ollama’s cloud, Apify and MiniMax, also take a key you paste in Settings.
• When a credential lives in the macOS Keychain, macOS asks you before Isle can read it.
• Isle uses around 4% CPU with an AI session running.

Ask Claude Code from the notch

Besides watching sessions, you can ask Claude Code a quick question from the island. It runs the claude already on your Mac and keeps the session history.

Set it up in a minute

1. Download IsleDrag it to Applications and open it. Every feature is free for 3 days.
2. Turn on the AI accounts you usePick them in Isle’s Usage settings. Isle tells you if one needs a login.
3. Keep workingThe rings fill the notch, and Islet speaks up when a session finishes or needs you.

Questions

Does it work on a Mac without a notch?

Yes. On an external display or a Mac without a notch, Islet waits in a small pill at the top of the screen, the height of the menu bar. Hover it and the whole island appears, rings included.

How much does it cost?

US$ 14.99 once, no subscription, for up to 3 Macs. The AI module is part of Isle, along with music, a timer, a file shelf and screenshots.

How is this different from other AI usage trackers?

Isle lives in the notch instead of the menu bar, and it does more than count: it shows what each session is doing and lets you answer it. If you are comparing apps, see how Isle compares with other notch apps.