My Claude quota ran out in 10 minutes, so I made a tool to find out why
Ask Claude Code where your usage went. Token audit, limit diagnosis and usage forensics — built from the session logs already on your machine, nothing leaves it. - kelviq/tare
In plain words
Tare is a tool that analyzes Claude Code session logs stored locally on your machine to show where token usage went. It helps diagnose why usage limits were hit quickly by identifying which requests consumed the most tokens, particularly context that gets repeatedly resent. Users can ask questions in plain English to understand their token consumption patterns, with all analysis happening offline and no data leaving their computer. It's designed for developers who use Claude Code and want visibility into their token spending.
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From the sources
You hit a usage limit and don't know why. Your quota drains faster than it used to. You suspect something is eating tokens in the background. The records that answer all of this are already on your computer — Claude Code keeps a log of every request it makes. tare teaches Claude Code to read its own logs, so you can just ask. No dashboards, no commands to learn. Install once, then ask in plain English. Tare: the weight of the container, subtracted to find what's inside. Most of what a session costs is the container — context re-sent again and again — and that's exactly what these tools subtract. Read full story - https://www.kelviq.com/blog/claude-code-usage-limits-where-tokens-go/ npx…from github.com
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