# Skills to Reduce Token Usage

> Cut context bloat and spend fewer tokens per session

Best Claude Code skills to reduce token usage and context bloat. Compress memory files, cut filler, and budget your context so sessions run longer and cost less.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/collections/reduce-token-usage/

## Featured skills

1. [caveman](https://omgskills.com/skills/juliusbrussee/caveman/plugins/caveman/skills/caveman/index.md) — Ultra-compressed communication mode.
   - [@JuliusBrussee](https://omgskills.com/library/juliusbrussee/index.md) · 98k stars
   - Install: `git clone https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman /tmp/caveman && ln -s /tmp/caveman/plugins/caveman/skills/caveman ~/.claude/skills/caveman`
2. [context-mode](https://omgskills.com/skills/mksglu/context-mode/context-mode/index.md) — Use context-mode tools (ctx\_execute, ctx\_execute\_file) instead of Bash/cat when processing large outputs.
   - [@mksglu](https://github.com/mksglu) · 20k stars
   - Install: `git clone https://github.com/mksglu/context-mode /tmp/context-mode && ln -s /tmp/context-mode/skills/context-mode ~/.claude/skills/context-mode`
3. [context-budget](https://omgskills.com/skills/affaan-m/ecc/context-budget/index.md) — Audits Claude Code context window consumption across agents, skills, MCP servers, and rules.
   - [@affaan-m](https://github.com/affaan-m) · 241k stars
   - Install: `git clone https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC /tmp/ECC && ln -s /tmp/ECC/skills/context-budget ~/.claude/skills/context-budget`
4. [token-budget-advisor](https://omgskills.com/skills/affaan-m/ecc/token-budget-advisor/index.md) — Offers the user an informed choice about how much response depth to consume before answering.
   - [@affaan-m](https://github.com/affaan-m) · 241k stars
   - Install: `git clone https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC /tmp/ECC && ln -s /tmp/ECC/skills/token-budget-advisor ~/.claude/skills/token-budget-advisor`
5. [cost-tracking](https://omgskills.com/skills/affaan-m/ecc/cost-tracking/index.md) — Track and report Claude Code token usage, spending, and budgets from the local ECC cost-tracker metrics log.
   - [@affaan-m](https://github.com/affaan-m) · 241k stars
   - Install: `git clone https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC /tmp/ECC && ln -s /tmp/ECC/skills/cost-tracking ~/.claude/skills/cost-tracking`
6. [caveman-compress](https://omgskills.com/skills/juliusbrussee/caveman/compress/index.md) — Compress natural language memory files (CLAUDE.md, todos, preferences) into caveman format to save input tokens.
   - [@juliusbrussee](https://omgskills.com/library/juliusbrussee/index.md) · 99k stars
   - Install: `git clone https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman /tmp/caveman && ln -s /tmp/caveman/skills/caveman-compress ~/.claude/skills/caveman-compress`

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