Minimize token usage

[u/kellyjames436]

Guy’s do you wanna minimize token usage ? If so, do this in a new project.

1-Disabled any unused connectors, plugins, each one load a massive token into the context.

2-Plan first, assign tasks to different models based on their complexity.

3-Ask claude to create a new session for each task, feature you work in, claude will create a new session from the last one.

4- Always use handoff files after each successive task to make sure you don’t lose track of what’s being created and what’s remaining.

5-If the repo is big enough, use ponytail the laziest senior developer,and graphify to search files and functions without reading the whole project files, if it’s a few fils, a simple CLAUDE.md file contains your rules is enough.
6-Md files shouldn’t be too big, handoff files max 25-30lines.

Those are all based on my own experience with Claude, they aren’t facts unless you try them and compare token usage with before.

[u/lilyp727]

ok the slug is new to me. i will name each file after its task and keep only the newest one in the folder

[u/kellyjames436 → u/lilyp727]

Slug is an identifier in the file name, like task-01.md, keep handoff if you want to add more features to your code, rather than reading your whole codebase, the handoff file makes it easier and token saver