Product · Throttle
A passive instrument for AI quota behavior.
Throttle is a Chrome extension that observes the quota indicators already exposed by Claude and Lovable, then turns them into a continuous time series. No provider currently exposes this telemetry natively — Throttle measures the visible constraint and stops there.
Architecture
Throttle is local-first. The extension installs no remote dependency and works fully offline. Cloud sync via the tokenmaxx backend is optional and only activates when the extension is explicitly paired. Numeric usage only — never prompt or chat content.
- Passive interception of provider-rendered quota state — no DOM mutation, no prompt access.
- Shadow DOM overlay for the speedometer; isolated from host page styles and scripts.
- Multi-provider design — same data model for Claude and Lovable, extensible to others.
- Local IndexedDB store by default. Cloud sync is a separate, paired transport.
Installation
- Install the Throttle Chrome extension.
- Open Claude or Lovable. The speedometer attaches automatically.
- Optional: open the extension menu and pair with tokenmaxx for cloud sync.
Roadmap
- OpenAI / ChatGPT quota surface.
- Gemini quota surface.
- Multi-account session pivot in the dashboard.
- Public benchmark memos derived from opt-in research data.