Intermediate
Claude Code: Cost & Context Mastery
Master token economics, context management, and cost control in Claude Code. Learn when to /clear vs /compact, how prompt caching saves money, which model to use for each task, and the habits that separate expensive sessions from efficient ones.
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Why Tokens Are Your Real Currency
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02
Reading the Signals: /usage, /context, and the Status Line
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03
The Context Window: What Fills It and How Fast
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04
Prompt Caching: Your Biggest Hidden Cost Lever
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05
/clear vs /compact — Knowing When to Reset vs Summarize
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Session Hygiene: Naming, Branching, and the Kitchen-Sink Failure
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Model Selection and Effort Levels
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08
Writing Lean Prompts That Don't Waste Tokens
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09
MCP Servers, Skills, and Your CLAUDE.md Budget
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10
Hooks as Token Filters and Subagents as Context Isolators
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Advanced Patterns: Teams, Scheduled Tasks, and Idle Token Creep
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