I noticed today, like many of you, that Claude consumed a whopping 60+% of my usage instantly on a 5x max plan when doing a fairly routine build of a feature request from a markdown file this morning. So I dug into what happened and this is what I found: I reviewed the token consumption with claude-devtools and confirmed my suspicion that all the tokens were consumed due to an incredible volume of tool calls. I had started a fresh session and requested it implement a well-structured .md file containing the details of a feature request (no MCPs connected, 2k token claude.md file) and, unusually, Claude spammed out 68 tool calls totaling around 50k tokens in a single turn. Most of this came from reading WAY too much context from related files within my codebase. I’m guessing Anthropic has made some changes to the amount of discovery they encourage Claude to perform, so in the interim if you’re dealing with this, I’d recommend adding some language about limiting his reads to enhance his own context to prevent rapid consumption of your tokens. I had commented this in a separate thread but figured it may help more of you and gain more visibility as a standalone post. I hope this helps! If anyone else has figured out why their consumption is getting consumed so quickly, please share in the comments what you found! submitted by /u/theclaudegod
Originally posted by u/theclaudegod on r/ClaudeCode
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