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How I Cut My AI Coding Agent's Token Bill by 70%: 5 Lessons

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TL;DR I run a fully autonomous implementation system on Claude around the clock, and for months my token bill quietly climbed until it hit a number I wasn't willing to say out loud in a standup. 💸 By measuring per-task cost, routing work across model tiers, fixing my prompt caching, and killing re…

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  1. 2026-09-07 14:32 · DEV Community — AI
    How I Cut My AI Coding Agent's Token Bill by 70%: 5 Lessons

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