diff --git a/src/backend/effects/queues/effect-queue-manager.js b/src/backend/effects/queues/effect-queue-manager.js
index 3bb2fa8e9..f596da276 100644
--- a/src/backend/effects/queues/effect-queue-manager.js
+++ b/src/backend/effects/queues/effect-queue-manager.js
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class EffectQueueManager extends JsonDbManager {
         }
 
         item.queue = effectQueueRunner.getQueue(itemId);
-
+        item.length = item.queue.length;
         return item;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/backend/variables/builtin/utility/get-effect-queue-length.ts b/src/backend/variables/builtin/utility/get-effect-queue-length.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..432c8e383
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/variables/builtin/utility/get-effect-queue-length.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { ReplaceVariable } from "../../../../types/variables";
+import { OutputDataType, VariableCategory } from "../../../../shared/variable-constants";
+
+import effectQueueManager from "../../../effects/queues/effect-queue-manager";
+
+const model : ReplaceVariable = {
+    definition: {
+        handle: "effectQueueLength",
+        usage: "effectQueueLength[queueName]",
+        description: "Returns the length of an effect queue. Useful for showing queue length in a command response.",
+        categories: [VariableCategory.ADVANCED],
+        possibleDataOutput: [OutputDataType.TEXT]
+    },
+    evaluator: async (_trigger, text = "") => {
+        const selectedQueue = effectQueueManager.getAllItems().find((queue) => queue.name === text);
+        if (selectedQueue) {
+            return selectedQueue.length.toString();
+        }
+        return "Unknown";
+    }
+};
+
+export default model;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/backend/variables/builtin/utility/index.ts b/src/backend/variables/builtin/utility/index.ts
index af7bf5536..2894fb083 100644
--- a/src/backend/variables/builtin/utility/index.ts
+++ b/src/backend/variables/builtin/utility/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import fileExists from './file-exists';
 import fileLineCount from './file-line-count';
 import fileRead from './file-read';
 import filesInDirectory from './files-in-directory';
+import getEffectQueueLength from "./get-effect-queue-length"
 import loopCount from './loop-count';
 import loopItem from './loop-item';
 import quickstore from './quick-store';
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ export default [
     fileLineCount,
     fileRead,
     filesInDirectory,
+    getEffectQueueLength,
     loopCount,
     loopItem,
     quickstore,