Maximizing the value of your Claude Code sessions
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Claude Code session optimization and value maximization
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Maximizing the value of your Claude Code sessions How to run efficient sessions that get the most value from every token. How to run efficient sessions that get the most value from every token. /clear between tasks. This prevents prior irrelevant context from being sent back to the model, which can reduce token usage./context once in a fresh session. It shows what's loaded (CLAUDE.md, MCP tool definitions), so you can cut out anything unnecessary./compact before you take a break from your keyboard. The prompt cache expires after an hour, and summarizing a conversation is much cheaper while it'
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Unexpected cache rewrites (400K→2M tokens) and over-grepping for context tank efficiency; the blog post frames tool inefficiencies as user optimization problems.
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