@_avichawla: Claude Code used 3x fewer tokens with one change: - Before: 10.4M tokens · 10 errors · $9.21 - After: 3.7M tokens · 0 e…
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By swapping to Insforge Skills + CLI as the backend context layer, a user cut Claude Code token usage by 64 %, eliminated all errors and reduced cost from $9.21 to $2.81.
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@_avichawla: https://x.com/_avichawla/status/2063548691353629040
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Taught Claude to talk like a caveman to use 75% less tokens.
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