How Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode Can Cut Token Usage by Up to 80%
The article breaks down why input tokens dominate 70‑90% of LLM costs and provides concrete, platform‑specific techniques—file filtering, context compression, documentation drives, memory caching, plan mode, output trimming, and model switching—that together can reduce token consumption by 20‑90% across Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode.
