Reduce Claude Code token usage: what actually works

Graphify published a guide to cutting Claude Code token usage, starting with the context you carry between tasks.

Run /context to see what’s taking up space. Use /clear between unrelated tasks, keep CLAUDE.md short, move task-specific instructions into skills, and disable unused servers with /mcp.

For questions spanning a large, unfamiliar repo, Graphify adds a code graph Claude can query to find connected files and functions. The setup includes graphify claude install, which adds instructions and hooks that steer Claude toward the graph.

The guide says this won’t help with small repos or single-file edits, and the public tests it cites have mixed results. Its recommendation is to compare /usage on your own cross-file tasks with and without the graph.