Save The Tokens

Make Every Token Count.
Ship SmarterLeanerFasterCheaper

Save The Tokens is an open-source skill that helps AI coding agents like Claude Code and Cursor use up to 17% fewer tokens — without changing how you work.

See Results
~ npx skills add Redclawww/savethetokens -g

-13.9%

Less total usage

-17.7%

Fewer message tokens

83 tokens

Skill size

Strict

Benchmark mode

What's in Save The Tokens?

Everything you need to make your AI coding agent faster and cheaper.

Smart Guardrails

Keeps your AI agent focused. No wasted tokens on off-topic responses or incomplete code.

Scope controlQuality checksAuto-correct

Context Compression

Automatically shrinks long conversations while keeping all the important details intact.

Auto-compactCheckpointZero data loss

Fewer Retries

Batches fixes together and avoids duplicate work. Less back-and-forth, more shipping.

Batch fixesNo rerunsLess overhead

Drop-In Install

One command to add it to any project. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and other AI coding tools.

One commandAny projectAny agent

How It Works

Three steps. No config files. No setup headaches.

01

Install the skill

Run a single command to add Save The Tokens to your project or install it globally.

02

Code as usual

Use your AI coding agent like you normally would. The skill works silently in the background.

03

Save tokens automatically

Watch your token usage drop. Get the same results with fewer tokens and faster responses.

~ npx skills add Redclawww/savethetokens -g

Real Benchmark Results

Tested side-by-side on identical coding tasks. Same prompts, same projects — just fewer tokens.

With skill

Matched Run — Skill Active

  • Total usage dropped from 72k to 62k tokens
  • Message tokens cut from 50.4k to 41.5k
  • Free context space grew from 94k to 103k

Same task, same output quality — just 14% fewer tokens used overall.

Without skill

Baseline Run — No Skill

  • Total usage ballooned from 85k to 116k tokens
  • Agent drifted between conversation turns
  • Benchmark outputs were inconsistent

Without the skill, token costs grow unpredictably across sessions.

See the Difference

Real /context output from Claude Code. Drag the slider to compare token usage with and without the skill.

✓ With Skills — 105k tokens (52%)
❯ /context
  ⎿  Context Usage
     ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁   claude-opus-4-6 · 105k/200k tokens (52%)
     ⛁ ⛀ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁
     ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁   Estimated usage by category
     ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁   ⛁ System prompt: 5.7k tokens (2.8%)
     ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁   ⛁ System tools: 16.6k tokens (8.3%)
     ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶   ⛁ Skills: 144 tokens (0.1%)
     ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶   ⛁ Messages: 84.2k tokens (42.1%)
     ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶   ⛶ Free space: 60k (30.2%)
     ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝   ⛝ Autocompact buffer: 33k tokens (16.5%)
     ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝

     Skills · /skills
     User
     └ context-governor: 83 tokens
✗ Without Skills — 117k tokens (59%)
❯ /context
  ⎿  Context Usage
     ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁   claude-opus-4-6 · 117k/200k tokens (59%)
     ⛁ ⛀ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁
     ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁   Estimated usage by category
     ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁   ⛁ System prompt: 5.7k tokens (2.8%)
     ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁   ⛁ System tools: 16.7k tokens (8.3%)
     ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶   ⛁ Skills: 61 tokens (0.0%)
     ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶   ⛁ Messages: 90k tokens (45.0%)
     ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛶   ⛶ Free space: 55k (27.3%)
     ⛶ ⛶ ⛶ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝   ⛝ Autocompact buffer: 33k tokens (16.5%)
     ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝ ⛝

     Skills · /skills
-12kfewer tokens used
-7%less context consumed
+5kmore free space

Start saving tokens today.

One command to install. Works with any AI coding agent. Open source and free to use.

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~ npx skills add Redclawww/savethetokens -g