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</Tabs>

### Token usage
After sending your first message, Goose Desktop and Goose CLI display token usage.

<Tabs>
<TabItem value="ui" label="Goose Desktop" default>
After sending your first message to Goose, a colored circle appears next to the model name at the bottom of the session window. The color provides a visual indicator of your token usage for the session.
The Desktop displays a colored circle next to the model name at the bottom of the session window. The color provides a visual indicator of your token usage for the session.
- **Green**: Normal usage - Plenty of context space available
- **Orange**: Warning state - Approaching limit (80% of capacity)
- **Red**: Error state - Context limit reached

Hover over this circle to display:
- the number of tokens used
- the percentage of available tokens used
- the total available tokens
- The number of tokens used
- The percentage of available tokens used
- The total available tokens
- A progress bar showing your current token usage

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="cli" label="Goose CLI">
This functionality is not available in the Goose CLI.
The CLI displays a context label above each command prompt, showing:
- A visual indicator using dots (●○) and colors to represent your token usage:
- **Green**: Below 50% usage
- **Yellow**: Between 50-85% usage
- **Red**: Above 85% usage
- Usage percentage
- Current token count and context limit

</TabItem>
</Tabs>
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