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title: "Session Watcher"
abstract: "An EOQ-optimal session restart companion for LLM context windows. Computes the optimal restart threshold L* from Claude Code transcripts and displays it in a browser dashboard and statusline, without re-entering any metric into the model's context."
authors:
  - given-names: Longju
    family-names: Cheng
repository-code: "https://github.com/nomadop/session-watcher"
license: MIT
keywords:
  - LLM
  - prompt-caching
  - inventory-theory
  - EOQ
  - Claude-Code
  - MCP-server
type: software
preferred-citation:
  type: unpublished
  title: "Context Is Inventory: A Rent-or-Buy Model for Prompt-Cached LLM Sessions"
  authors:
    - given-names: Longju
      family-names: Cheng
  year: 2026
  doi: 10.5281/zenodo.21236704
  url: "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21236704"