cache-tax

v1.0.3

The comeback price of a cold prompt cache, shown before you pay it. A UserPromptSubmit guard warns (or refuses once) when your next message will re-write a lapsed 1-hour cache at up to 80x the read rate, a SessionStart hook prices a stale resume, and the same script is a one-line status line segment with the minutes left and the cold-comeback cost.

Claude Code1 Skill

By Karan BansalLicense: MIT533 GitHub starsUpdated 2 weeks ago

Directory evidence

Runtimes: Claude Code
Parsed components: 1 skill or MCP entry
Source updated: Oct 4, 2026
Manifest status: Canonical path parsed

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Install cache-tax for Claude Code

Installs for the current user

claude plugin marketplace add IchenDEV/agent-plugin-mkt
claude plugin marketplace update agent-plugin-marketplace
claude plugin install cache-tax-2@agent-plugin-marketplace

Paste and run these commands in a terminal with Claude Code. They add and refresh the PluginsMP catalog, then install this plugin.

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Get the source manually

$ git clone https://github.com/karanb192/claude-code-hooks

Clone the source repository, then follow its setup instructions to add the plugin to a compatible client. The plugin root is plugins/cache-tax/.

Plugin files

plugins/cache-tax/

├── .claude-plugin/plugin.json
└── skills/status/SKILL.md

Included Skills1

statusskills/status/SKILL.md

Show this session's prompt-cache state, the cold-comeback price, and the cache writes paid so far

Plugin manifests1

plugins/cache-tax/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

{
  "name": "cache-tax",
  "description": "The comeback price of a cold prompt cache, shown before you pay it. A UserPromptSubmit guard warns (or refuses once) when your next message will re-write a lapsed 1-hour cache at up to 80x the read rate, a SessionStart hook prices a stale resume, and the same script is a one-line status line segment with the minutes left and the cold-comeback cost.",
  "version": "1.0.3",
  "author": {
    "name": "Karan Bansal",
    "url": "https://github.com/karanb192"
  },
  "homepage": "https://github.com/karanb192/claude-code-hooks",
  "license": "MIT",
  "keywords": [
    "claude-code",
    "hooks",
    "cost",
    "prompt-cache",
    "cache",
    "observability",
    "statusline",
    "userpromptsubmit",
    "sessionstart"
  ]
}