I measured where my AI coding agents waste tokens, 42% was avoidable. Built a tool to catch it (Claude Code / Cursor / Codex)
Summary
The author measured token waste in AI coding agents and found 42% avoidable, then built a tool to catch it. The tool works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex.
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