---
format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1"
id: "0144c916c25fe84eab3c1d0edfa42e1a48252614f7f7b54945723666081a6beb"
canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/0144c916?lang=en"
title: "Show HN: agent-usage-guard – a Claude Code mod to protect your usage window"
lang: "en"
requested_lang: "en"
available_langs: ["en","vi"]
translation_fallback: null
fallback_fields: []
published_at: "2026-10-22T18:02:38.000Z"
category: "Tools"
topics: ["anthropic","agent","devtools"]
source_urls: ["https://github.com/rbartoli/agent-usage-guard","https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50198936"]
summary: "A Claude Code mod called agent-usage-guard is designed to protect usage windows by holding subagent fan-out, heavy-context prompts, and retry loops before they consume available usage."
---

# Show HN: agent\-usage\-guard – a Claude Code mod to protect your usage window

> [Open the canonical story](<https://aidr.today/0144c916?lang=en>)

**Published:** 2026-10-22T18:02:38.000Z
**Category:** Tools
**Topics:** anthropic, agent, devtools

## Summary

A Claude Code mod called agent\-usage\-guard is designed to protect usage windows by holding subagent fan\-out, heavy\-context prompts, and retry loops before they consume available usage\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://github.com/rbartoli/agent-usage-guard>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50198936>)