Hi everyone! As everyone here, I am burning all of my token and API usage with Claude, and I feel like it’s because I am not doing things efficiently. There are many different ways of saving the usage - lightweight models, lowering effort, Ralph Wiggum, Caveman mode, and etc. And the thing is: how on earth can I know what I should use BEFORE starting project? I am gaining experiences and insights over time by repetitively doing my projects with different configurations. But it’s too time-consuming, tiring, and expansive at the most. How do you guys feel about this? What’s the best practice (model, effort, plugins/skills) you guys follow? For me, I kinda get the idea how different models, plugins, and skills will affect the outputs, but no idea on effort setting… Thanks for reading! submitted by /u/Pure_Struggle3261
Originally posted by u/Pure_Struggle3261 on r/ClaudeCode