@PrajwalTomar_: Someone on the Claude Code team finally wrote this and honestly it's crazy how many people still don't know this. Low f…
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A tweet highlights insights from Claude Code team member Thariq (@trq212) on how to use Claude Code's effort levels wisely—using low for quick edits, medium for building, and high or max only when deep verification is needed, since max effort on everything just wastes credits and slows you down.
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Someone on the Claude Code team finally wrote this and honestly it’s crazy how many people still don’t know this.
Low for quick edits. Medium for real building. High only when something needs deep checking.
Max on everything literally just burns credits while you sit there waiting.
Thariq (@trq212): What is effort really? When do you change it it and why not just use max effort for everything?
I dove deep into this problem, looking into evals and doing my own tests and I was quite surprised by the results.
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