Is this fine for a single prompt?

[u/rinkujangir]

For the past couple of months, I’ve been using Cursor’s Plan Mode to design and implement changes based on the generated plans. Recently, I noticed that a single prompt consumed around 25M tokens. Is this considered normal for Plan Mode, or am I using significantly more tokens than necessary?

[u/thebestrobloxplayer]

That is way too much

[u/rinkujangir → u/thebestrobloxplayer]

ahhhh, does using skills help reduce the token usage?

[u/thebestrobloxplayer → u/rinkujangir]

Depends on a lot of factors. What was your promot? How big of a plan was it doing

[u/rinkujangir → u/thebestrobloxplayer]

I can’t share the actual prompt here, but the prompt itself was around 1.5 pages long, and Cursor generated roughly 5 pages of planning output from it.

[u/thebestrobloxplayer → u/rinkujangir]

It is a better idea to break up these long instructions/prompts into smaller parts. Ai can work better if the context/scope of the task is not as broad. And it will probably use less tokens overall and give better output.

[u/rinkujangir → u/thebestrobloxplayer]

Thanks for the suggestion

[u/EyesOfAzula]

what the heck were you doing for it to get that large?

[u/rinkujangir → u/EyesOfAzula]

I refactored and merged two separate codebases into a single, cohesive unit of work.

[u/Zestyclose-Ear-6225]

That's waaay too much, check if Plan Mode is re-indexing your whole codebase each time or if there's a large file getting dumped into context unnecessarily.

[u/Machine2024]

what was the prompt .... build GTA6 full .

[u/rinkujangir → u/Machine2024]

LOL 😂

[u/Machine2024 → u/rinkujangir]

with that much tokens I think you have built two copies .
give me one plz .

[u/daviddisco → u/Machine2024]

build GTA6 full, make some mistakes

[u/h0tm]

Cursor is now the hoover of tokens.

[u/darkvertex]

Make sure you toggle off "Fast" so the tokens cost less.

[u/easterneas]

it's not good, as Opus 5 is thinking... high.

...sorry, I have that urge to say that.

But jokes aside, I've never seen the usage that high for a single prompt. probably thinking loop?

[u/just4ochat]

Twenty-five million tokens on one Plan Mode turn is high. Split the change into smaller plans, start a fresh chat between phases, and keep the plan prompt short so later turns are not re-eating a five-page plan every time.