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Where Claude Code Tokens Actually Go (and How to Cut the Waste)

If your Claude Code API bill feels high, the cause is rarely too many turns. It is a handful of measurable patterns: re-reading the same files, oversized tool output, and cache misses. The data is in the transcripts Clau

Evan Cates
Evan Cates

Posted on Jun 12 • Originally published at ludoonus.github.io

Where Claude Code Tokens Actually Go (and How to Cut the Waste)

If your Claude Code API bill feels high, the cause is rarely too many turns. It is a handful of measurable patterns: re-reading the same files, oversized tool output, and cache misses. The data is in the transcripts Claude Code already writes to ~/.claude/projects/. Full guide and a free tool: https://github.com/Ludoonus/claude-token-report

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