See your Grok and Grok Bot usage at a glance in the Mac menu bar
GrokGauge is a free open-source Mac menu bar app showing Grok weekly usage with rings for Grok and Grok Bot, usage pace, 7-day graphs, a per-product breakdown and live xAI and Cursor status.
Source
@StevenCombs on X · 2026-10-17
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-18.
What they did
GrokGauge is a free open-source Mac menu bar app showing Grok weekly usage with rings for Grok and Grok Bot, usage pace, 7-day graphs, a per-product breakdown and live xAI and Cursor status.
Result (as claimed)
Free and open source.
Tools they used
Cost: Grok Bot: from $30/mo; Cursor: free plan, paid from $8/mo.
Set it up
Pick a contained repo or task
Start on a branch or side project where mistakes are cheap.
Install and configure
Set up Grok Bot, macOS, Cursor. Read what it can run on your machine and limit permissions where possible.
Run it on a real task
Give it a well-scoped issue and let it work. Review the diff like any pull request.
Add guardrails
Keep tests and CI in the loop, and never let an agent push to main or touch production secrets unattended.
Copy the full setup prompt
Paste into your agent and it will walk you through the setup, asking before anything that sends, posts or spends.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: See your Grok and Grok Bot usage at a glance in the Mac menu bar What the original author did: GrokGauge is a free open-source Mac menu bar app showing Grok weekly usage with rings for Grok and Grok Bot, usage pace, 7-day graphs, a per-product breakdown and live xAI and Cursor status. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Free and open source. Source: https://x.com/StevenCombs/status/2111606187489898740 Tools they used: Grok Bot, macOS, Cursor Category: Dev & ops Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: See your Grok and Grok Bot usage at a glance in the Mac menu bar What the original author did: GrokGauge is a free open-source Mac menu bar app showing Grok weekly usage with rings for Grok and Grok Bot, usage pace, 7-day graphs, a per-product breakdown and live xAI and Cursor status. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Free and open source. Source: https://x.com/StevenCombs/status/2111606187489898740 Tools they used: Grok Bot, macOS, Cursor Category: Dev & ops Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: See your Grok and Grok Bot usage at a glance in the Mac menu bar What the original author did: GrokGauge is a free open-source Mac menu bar app showing Grok weekly usage with rings for Grok and Grok Bot, usage pace, 7-day graphs, a per-product breakdown and live xAI and Cursor status. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Free and open source. Source: https://x.com/StevenCombs/status/2111606187489898740 Tools they used: Grok Bot, macOS, Cursor Category: Dev & ops Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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