diff --git a/src/auto-reply/status.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/status.test.ts
index 7d0c2965f..8813d753d 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/status.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/status.test.ts
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ describe("buildStatusMessage", () => {
 
     expect(text).toContain("🦞 ClawdBot");
     expect(text).toContain("🧠 Model: anthropic/pi:opus · 🔑 api-key");
-    expect(text).toContain("🧮 Tokens: 1.2k in / 800 out");
-    expect(text).toContain("💵 Cost: $0.0020");
+    expect(text).toContain("🧮 Tokens: 1.2k in / 800 out · 💵 Cost: $0.0020");
     expect(text).toContain("Context: 16k/32k (50%)");
     expect(text).toContain("🧹 Compactions: 2");
     expect(text).toContain("Session: agent:main:main");
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/status.ts b/src/auto-reply/status.ts
index fef52f199..968be2d76 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/status.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/status.ts
@@ -328,12 +328,13 @@ export function buildStatusMessage(args: StatusArgs): string {
   const versionLine = `🦞 ClawdBot ${VERSION}${commit ? ` (${commit})` : ""}`;
   const usagePair = formatUsagePair(inputTokens, outputTokens);
   const costLine = costLabel ? `💵 Cost: ${costLabel}` : null;
+  const usageCostLine =
+    usagePair && costLine ? `${usagePair} · ${costLine}` : usagePair ?? costLine;
 
   return [
     versionLine,
     modelLine,
-    usagePair,
-    costLine,
+    usageCostLine,
     `📚 ${contextLine}`,
     args.usageLine,
     `🧵 ${sessionLine}`,