Claude Code output styles cut token usage by 50% while boosting explainability
daniel_mac8 · x · 2026-08-10
alexgreensh released attention-span, a collection of output styles for Claude Code (Attention-kind, Spartan, Rundown) that change how the AI communicates, not how it codes. These styles are answer-first, concise, and easy to skim, saving up to 50% of response tokens without hurting reasoning or work quality. The author evaluated them on coding and knowledge work tasks.
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