Tldr Stats

Ever wonder how much Claude API costs you're racking up in a session, or whether TLDR is actually saving you money? This drops a detailed dashboard right in your chat showing real dollar amounts spent, token usage breakdown, and concrete savings from compression. You get file read comparisons (like 1.3M tokens crushed down to 20.9K), cache hit rates, and sparkline history. Most useful when you're trying to optimize costs or debug whether TLDR hooks are firing. The output is surprisingly readable with progress bars and emojis marking which model you're on. If you're running long sessions with big codebases, the savings numbers might surprise you.

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Install

$ npx -y skills add parcadei/continuous-claude-v3 --skill tldr-stats --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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TLDR Stats Skill

Show a beautiful dashboard with token usage, actual API costs, TLDR savings, and hook activity.

When to Use

See how much TLDR is saving you in real $ terms
Check total session token usage and costs
Before/after comparisons of TLDR effectiveness
Debug whether TLDR/hooks are being used
See which model is being used

Instructions

IMPORTANT: Run the script AND display the output to the user.

Run the stats script:

python3 $CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.claude/scripts/tldr_stats.py

Copy the full output into your response so the user sees the dashboard directly in the chat. Do not just run the command silently - the user wants to see the stats.

Sample Output

╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║  📊 Session Stats                                            ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝

  You've spent  $96.52  this session

  Tokens Used
        1.2M sent to Claude
      416.3K received back
       97.8K from prompt cache (8% reused)

  TLDR Savings

    You sent:               1.2M
    Without TLDR:           2.5M

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Details

Repository: github.com/parcadei/continuous-claude-v3
First seen: Jun 3, 2026