- Who it helps
- Developers planning coding-agent tasks
- Availability
- Public MIT source; Python 3.9 or newer and a supported Claude Code plugin installation. The host assistant has separate account and usage costs.
The estimate has a defined clock
It models file reads, edits and commands and produces percentile ranges. Time spent waiting for a person to read or approve work is excluded, so the estimate is narrower than elapsed delivery time.
Local history can contain sensitive text
The privacy notes describe local transcript access and stored task summaries. Local measurement does not establish that the host assistant operates offline. Inspect the retained fields before using private project histories.
What you can do
- Check which parts of your delivery time fall outside the estimated agent activity. Open reference ↗
Where the evidence stops
Documentation checked November 14; no plugin installed, transcript supplied or timing accuracy measured.
Sources read. Public text checked November 14, 2026 UTC. No installation, model inference or full workflow executed.
Sources & further reading
GitHub · implementation
AI Time Estimator ↗
README inspected: estimates agent activity from local history and excludes human waiting time. No estimate or calibration run.
Noam Brand · page checked 2026-11-14
GitHub · official
Time Estimator privacy notes ↗
Local transcript access and retained task summaries described; host-agent network behavior is a separate boundary.
Noam Brand · page checked 2026-11-14
More sources reviewed (1)
Hacker News · discussion
Maker launch discussion ↗
Original maker thread read; relative timestamps are not converted to exact launch dates.
Hacker News · page checked 2026-11-14
Coverage note: Documentation checked November 14; no plugin installed, transcript supplied or timing accuracy measured.
The record over time (1)
Dated source checks and published explanations. An observation date can differ from the original release date.
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AI Time Estimator predicts a range for coding-agent work using activity rates measured from local session histories.