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

Published: (June 12, 2026 at 03:45 AM EDT)
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Source: Dev.to

Source: Dev.to

Evan Cates

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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