Cost Tracker

This is basically a cheat sheet for keeping Claude Code sessions efficient and cheap. It breaks down what burns through tokens fast (file reads, spawning subagents, broad searches) and gives you rough budgets for different task types, like $0.50 for a bug fix or $5 for a refactor. The tool call budgets are especially handy since you can tell when you're halfway through your runway and should wrap up. Most useful if you're running lots of sessions or working on a tight budget and want to know where the money actually goes. The optimization list is practical stuff like reading files selectively and batching operations instead of spamming individual calls.

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last updated: Jun 8, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add rohitg00/pro-workflow --skill cost-tracker --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

Cost Tracker

Monitor and optimize Claude Code session costs.

Trigger

Use when:

Checking session costs
Setting budget alerts
Optimizing token spend
Planning multi-session work

Cost Awareness

Check Current Costs

# Session cost is shown at the end of each session
# Mid-session: check the status bar or run /cost

Cost Drivers

Operation	Relative Cost	Optimization
Large file reads	High	Use offset/limit params
Broad grep searches	Medium	Scope to specific dirs
Subagent spawning	High (new context)	Reuse agents via SendMessage
Repeated tool calls	Cumulative	Batch operations
MCP tool calls	Variable	Minimize round-trips
Model selection	3-10x difference	Use haiku for simple tasks