Americans Underestimate Subscriptions by $133/Month; Claude Code Prompt Automates Cleanup
alex_verem · x · 2026-11-09
Americans guess they pay $86/month for subscriptions; the real number is $219. The author wrote a Claude Code prompt that reads 3 months of bank statements and does the whole cleanup in one session:
- Finds every recurring charge, including unnoticed $4.99 charges
- Flags trials turned paid, price hikes since first charge, and duplicates
- Builds a one-page dashboard, drafts cancellation messages, and calendars every renewal date
Full prompt available in the first reply.
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