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title: "Claude Code burns ~15–20% of your tokens on a 3-word status line"
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summary: "Claude Code reportedly uses about 15–20% of tokens on a 3-word status line, which is a Bun preload that turns agent_summary off, according to a MIT-licensed README.md by Flamerix AI."
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# Claude Code burns \~15–20% of your tokens on a 3\-word status line

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**Published:** 2026-10-29T03:33:42.000Z
**Category:** Tools
**Topics:** anthropic, agent, devtools

## Summary

Claude Code reportedly uses about 15–20% of tokens on a 3\-word status line, which is a Bun preload that turns agent\_summary off, according to a MIT\-licensed README\.md by Flamerix AI\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://gist.github.com/flamerix-ai/c3905705cc4205e5de3011fa2e74efce>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50284255>)