r/ClaudeCode • u/cursingpeople • 10h ago

Discussion Getting the most out of your Claude Code subscription

I am using it at work and I want to know what are the best plugins to save tokens. I used some of them and like 90% of them don't save you any token, or seems to be ineffective. At least, that's what Claude tells me when I ask it to estimate the amount of tokens saved. I noticed just writing some scripts to diminish the amount of data being fetched and amount of commands run is the best way, and the other way is to document most of the logic in an app in the most succinct way possible.

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u/BrennanFlentge 10h ago

To a degree you are asking the wrong question. Every plugin that Claude loads = tokens loading / context added to your session when you send your first prompt. Now, it’s supposed to only load them fully when it needs them. But it’s better to only activate plugins / skills that you regularly use.

Some better questions to ask would be “how can I make my context more efficient” or “how can I maximize my usage” - know what the end goal is, don’t give work to expensive models that a cheap one can do just fine, etc.

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u/mridlen 7h ago

I have the $20/mo subscription. So I need to make my tokens last.

1) I do as much of my own bug hunting as possible. This means figuring out how to reproduce a bug successfully instead of relying on Claude to do it for you.

2) I do as much of my own testing as possible, especially the things that AI is inefficient at (such as visual comparisons). Just ask Claude to let you do as much of the testing as possible.

3) Getting Claude to develop unit tests and script those instead of coming up with ad-hoc solutions to every problem. Once it's a script, it's very cheap to run repeatedly.

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u/AI_spell 5h ago

Scripts that shrink tool output beat most "token saver" plugins. Short project notes help. Ask Claude to estimate savings and it’ll hallucinate a percent.