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How many tokens does your Claude Code setup burn before you type anything? A 60-line audit script

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Claude Code loads your CLAUDE.md , the name and description of every skill, and the tool schemas of every MCP server into context at the start of each session. That is a fixed cost on every conversation, and it is easy to forget about. I wrote a small zero-dependency Python script that estimates it…

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  1. 2026-10-06 05:15 · DEV Community — AI
    How many tokens does your Claude Code setup burn before you type anything? A 60-line audit script

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