What goes wrong
Teams rarely standardize on one AI surface. One workflow in an AI editor, another in VS Code, a third in a terminal agent or a custom host. Provider consoles show API keys and totals. They do not show which tool produced the load, or when something quietly stopped going through the path you intended.
Why it matters
Without a cross-tool picture you cannot debug an editor that “went dark,” compare tools fairly, or catch a single process that dominates spend. Cost and policy conversations stay stuck on vendor dashboards that were never built for mixed shops.
What good looks like
A live view of AI traffic labeled by which app sent it, with a health check when an editor stops routing, and enough detail (model, wait time, volume) to investigate without reading anyone's prompts.
How Aura Wire helps
Aura Wire is a local command center for AI traffic on Windows. It routes the editors you choose and watches only the AI services you allow — so you see the picture without sending chat contents to a third party.
- Live traffic labeled by which app sent it, plus connection health
- A reconnect path when an editor bypasses you (“went dark”)
- 7-day trial includes Observe; after that, keep Observe for $39 — works without a cloud account
Try Aura Wire free
AI chat for VS Code with a local pipeline behind it — live spend, secrets stopped, nothing stored.