Claude Code plugin · 1.0.0

IQ Code

A clearer view of your coding session.

Cost, cache and plan pace, right where you work. Give Claude Code the IQ look. Turn on routing when you want it.

Install IQ Code Read the docs

For the terminal
Tested on macOS and Linux · Windows needs Git for Windows

See more. Keep working.

Keep cost in view

See your session's API-equivalent cost, plus the model and thinking level on every answer.

Watch the cache clock

See the prompt cache countdown while you work. Check your 5-hour and weekly plan pace in the same place.

Open your session pane

Type /iq for Home, Routing, Cost, Plan and Settings. Turn routing on or off for the session.

Make it feel like IQ.

IQ Light and IQ Dark bring IQ blue to Claude Code. An ASCII iQ flag waves while Claude works and greets you on Home.

Set up your theme and terminal background

Start free. Add routing for $6.

Free includes the meter, the cache clock, plan pace and the IQ look. IQ Code routing needs the Personal plan ($6/month, 2,000 routing decisions a month), which also adds rough session cost estimates.

Free

See your session at a glance.

Session cost meter in API-equivalent dollars
Prompt cache countdown
5-hour and weekly plan pace
Budgets in API-equivalent dollars
Model and thinking level on every answer
The /iq pane, IQ flag, and IQ Light and IQ Dark themes
API routing with your IQ key

Install Free

Personal

Add routing to your Claude Code sessions.

$6/ month

Everything in Free
IQ Code routing for your Claude Code sessions
2,000 routing decisions per month
Rough session cost estimates
Keep using your own Anthropic plan

IQ Code does not include model tokens. API-equivalent cost is an estimate of API pricing, not your subscription bill.

Get Personal

Install IQ Code 1.0.0

Choose your operating system or add the Claude Code plugin marketplace. Then restart Claude Code and type /iq.

macOS / Linux

curl -fsSL https://iq-routing.com/install.sh | sh

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Windows PowerShell

irm https://iq-routing.com/install.ps1 | iex

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Windows CMD

curl -fsSL https://iq-routing.com/install.cmd -o install.cmd && install.cmd && del install.cmd

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Claude Code plugin marketplace

claude plugin marketplace add George-Avila/IQ-Code
claude plugin install iq-code@iq-routing

Full install guide

Routing is your choice.

With routing off, IQ Code sends no prompt content to IQ. With a usable IQ key, it still reads your session defaults from IQ at startup and at most once every ten minutes, using a request with no body. With routing on, IQ Code sends your typed prompts and, for each subagent task Claude starts, the task text Claude wrote for that subagent (secrets scrubbed best-effort, at most 16,000 characters). Your IQ key stays local and authenticates requests to IQ. Model tokens still go directly to Anthropic on your plan.

Scrubbing can miss sensitive text. Claude Code's own Anthropic connection continues with routing on or off.

Read the IQ Code privacy guide

A few things to know.

What do I need?

Claude Code 2.1.287 or later, used in the terminal. IQ Code is tested on macOS and Linux, and Windows needs Git for Windows. The Claude desktop app's Code tab is not verified for IQ Code yet. Routing needs an IQ key. IQ Code routing needs the Personal plan ($6/month, 2,000 routing decisions a month). IQ Code does not need your Anthropic API key. The IQ key is separate from the credentials Claude Code uses with Anthropic.

Can I use it for free?

Yes. The cost meter, cache clock, plan pace, budgets, model and thinking labels, /iq pane and IQ themes are free. None of that needs an IQ account or an IQ key. IQ Code routing needs the Personal plan ($6/month, 2,000 routing decisions a month), which also adds rough session cost estimates.

Does IQ Code replace my Anthropic plan?

No. Your model tokens go straight to Anthropic on your own plan. IQ Code routing needs the Personal plan ($6/month, 2,000 routing decisions a month).

What changes when I turn routing on?

IQ Code can use a cheaper model or thinking level for a prompt. It never goes above the model you chose. You can turn routing off with /iq-route off.

Is the dollar meter my bill?

No. It shows API-equivalent dollars: an estimate using API pricing. Your subscription bill is separate. Any savings shown are estimates.

What is sent to IQ?

With routing off, IQ Code sends no prompt content to IQ. With a usable IQ key, it still reads your session defaults from IQ at startup and at most once every ten minutes, using a request with no body. Without a usable IQ key, it sends nothing to IQ. Routing and cost estimate requests stay off until routing is on. With routing on, IQ Code sends your typed prompts and, for each subagent task Claude starts, the task text Claude wrote for that subagent (secrets scrubbed best-effort, at most 16,000 characters). Requests also include recent typed prompts from the current session (up to about 8,000 tokens), model, thinking-level and agent-type labels, conversation size and cache timing facts, and the plugin version. Assistant replies, tool results, file attachments, IDE selections and injected context are not sent, apart from the subagent task text. Rough session cost estimates send usage numbers and labels only, never prompt, answer, file or tool text. Scrubbing can miss sensitive text. Your IQ key stays local and is used only to authenticate requests to IQ. Claude Code still connects to Anthropic as usual.

Can I read the source?

Yes. The source and license are at https://github.com/George-Avila/IQ-Code. IQ Code is source-available under the PolyForm Shield License 1.0.0. It is not open source. You can read and use it under that license. The license does not allow using it to build a competing product or service.

Source and license · Report an issue. For account and billing questions, email support@iq-routing.com.