Claude Code burns 50 million tokens in seconds on a simple Markdown check
Lazy_Assistance_1137 · reddit · 2026-09-10
A Reddit user asked Claude Code to simply check their Markdown files for consistency, only to watch it spin up workflows and burn roughly 50 million tokens within seconds. The author posted the logs in disbelief — a prime example of models over-executing trivial tasks, echoing Anthropic's recent advice to remove nudging instructions and tune effort levels.
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