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One Tool That Cuts Token Costs 40-80% for Claude Code, Codex, opencode, and openclaw (opens in new tab)

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The problem isn't your prompts If you're running Claude Code, Codex, opencode, or openclaw and the API bill keeps climbing, you've probably tried writing tighter prompts. That's not where the waste is. Four structural patterns account for most of the token spend in a typical session: Screenshots at full resolution. The agent reads whatever images you paste or reference. A 3.3 MB screenshot from a high-DPI display lands in the model at full size. The model doesn't need native resolution to und...

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