How to cut your Claude token usage by 50%: model tiers and short chats
ifioknkem · x · 2026-10-02
A practical guide to stretching Claude limits: start a fresh chat per task (long conversations re-read entire history each turn), store context in Projects instead of one long thread, and pick models deliberately — Haiku 4.5 for simple tasks, Sonnet 5 for daily work, Opus 5 for hard reasoning, Fable 5.1 only for the toughest jobs, with matching effort levels. The author argues Claude's limits are generous and the problem is the harness; following all three consistently should save 50%+ in a week.
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