[est. 4–12h · ~0.3–2M tok · ~$3–40] Optional: aiuse watch pull-refresh (not a menubar)

[djbclark]

Estimate: 4–12h focused work · ~0.3–2M norm. tok · **$3–40 norm. $** (wide/rough).
Optional medium polish — TTY pull loop only. Not a macOS menu-bar app.

Summary

Narrow ambient gap slightly with optional aiuse watch (or --watch): redraw ladder or status line on an interval using existing collectors + cache, staying in terminal scrollback / clear-and-redraw patterns that match project pretty-display policy.

Goals

• Interval collect (or serve-style max-age cache) + print status or compact ladder
• Ctrl-C clean exit; respect -q / --no-color / timeout config
• Document pairing with CodexBar/OpenUsage for true always-on bars

Non-goals

• Swift/macOS menu-bar binary
• Background daemon product (use LaunchAgent for snapshots)
• Competing with CodexBar ambient UX

Acceptance

• CLI documented in README + docs/companion-stack.md
• Tests for interval/flag parsing (mock collect)
• Explicit “compose with Layer 1 for menubar” note

Context

docs/next-options.md, docs/pretty-display.md, docs/companion-stack.md