Four Steps to Stop Opus 5.5 from Wasting Tokens, From a Real User
dr_cintas · x · 2026-09-24
A practical 4-step recipe to curb Opus 5.5 token waste: set /effort to medium, run /claude-api prompt-audit and apply the diff, add a CLAUDE.md rule for when to continue vs stop, and keep the checklist in a TASKS.md file.
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