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Claude Code's status line reportedly consumes 15 to 20 percent of tokens
A community gist claims a three-word Claude Code status line uses roughly 15 to 20 percent of a user's tokens. The claim is based on the author's own analysis and has not been verified by Anthropic.
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Claude Code burns ~15–20% of your tokens on a 3-word status line