Token efficiency: tools for developers
Tools that reduce token costs, compress context or cache LLM requests. An entry can appear under several use cases when its topics or description provide several explicit signals.
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Pay-per-call agent APIs over x402: web scraping, token compression, and semantic cache.
mcpmeasured growthOpen source ↗
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claude mcp add gate402-mcp -- npx gate402-mcp2GitHub starsstable - 2Dormant
Few-Word
SkillClaude Code plugin that offloads large outputs to filesystem and retrieves when required.
githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗
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/plugin marketplace add sheeki03/Few-Word38GitHub starsstable - 3Active
better-compact
SkillStaged context pruning for OpenCode, Oh My Pi, pi, and Claude Code.
githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗
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/plugin marketplace add AshishKumar4/better-compact12GitHub stars+1 (+9.1 %) - 4Active
ratel
MCPContext engineering for AI agents. ~80% fewer tokens. Fix tool overload. Skills and memory with in-process BM25 and semantic retrieval. Progressive Disclosure. No vector DB.
githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗
434GitHub stars+5 (+1.2 %) - 5Active
laconic
SkillToken-compression skill. An adaptation of caveman — short common words, trust context, say just enough, be laconic.
githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗
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/plugin marketplace add GabrielBarberini/laconic19GitHub starsstable - 6Dormant
rosetta
OtherTranslate any language to English before Claude processes it. ~49% token savings combined with caveman.
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2GitHub starsstable - 7Dormant
unclog
MCPAudit MCP servers, skills, and CLAUDE.md bloat eating your Claude Code context window.
githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗
35GitHub starsstable - 8Active
agentic-os
SkillGovernance framework for AI coding agents. It runs them through a five-step workflow (plan, build, review, test, ship) where no step counts as done without evidence. Drop-in rules and guardrails for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, and…
githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗
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git clone https://github.com/KbWen/agentic-os ~/.claude/skills/agentic-os155GitHub stars+8 (+5.4 %) - 9Active
Tinder for your Claude Code skills, subagents and MCP servers. Swipe away what wastes context, scan for prompt injection, get honest token costs. Fixes what it finds and actually deletes. Zero dependencies, Claude Code + Codex.
githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗
115GitHub stars+1 (+0.88 %) - 10Active
token-efficiency
SkillA Claude Code plugin that shows exactly where your AI coding session wasted tokens — and how to fix it. Flags waste, never quality. Runs locally.
githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗
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/plugin marketplace add Jimmynycu/token-efficiency2GitHub starsstable - 11Dormant
Convert long AI conversations into portable conversation state graphs for LLM handoffs.
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git clone https://github.com/Adityapal67/context-graph-compressor ~/.claude/skills/context-graph-compressor35GitHub starsstable - 12Active
cc-hud
SkillCompact Claude Code statusline — zero-dependency, crash-free on Windows
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/plugin marketplace add WaterTian/cc-hud8GitHub starsstable - 13Active
Persistent memory + security layer for Claude Code (MCP plugin). Agents remember your project across sessions (~87% fewer context tokens), every tool call lands in a tamper-evident HMAC audit chain, and skills are AST-scanned +…
githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗
8GitHub starsstable - 14Active
claude-code-eco
SkillEco mode for Claude Code. /eco: -31% to -73% output tokens with critical findings intact; /eco-max: up to -75% with lowered effort. Measured hardest on Claude Fable 5 (fable5), deep-studied on Sonnet 5, works on Opus 4.8 too. We publish our…
githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗
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/plugin marketplace add sup3x/claude-code-eco33GitHub starsstable - 15Dormant
concise
SkillSay more with less. Claude Code skill/plugin that cuts ~60-70% of output tokens while keeping natural, readable English.
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/plugin marketplace add o4f6bgpac3/concise11GitHub stars+2 (+22.2 %) - 16Dormant
contextforge
SkillAgent context gate for Codex, Claude Code, Copilot, MCP, Cursor, Cline, Gemini and Windsurf repos
githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗
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git clone https://github.com/grnbtqdbyx-create/contextforge ~/.claude/skills/contextforge1GitHub starsstable - 17Active
Claude Code plugin that tracks token usage, identifies wasted context, and saves 30-50% on API costs. Heatmaps, ROI reports, budget alerts, efficiency scores, git-aware suggestions — all local, zero config.
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/plugin marketplace add egorfedorov/claude-context-optimizer105GitHub stars+4 (+4.0 %) - 18Active
super-token-saver
SkillRestore prior Claude Code AND Codex sessions with zero LLM calls. Cross-tool session handoff, cache-expiry prevention, real cost dashboard. One plugin, both hosts.
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/plugin marketplace add ww-w-ai/super-token-saver31GitHub starsstable - 19Active
opencode-skill
SkillClaude Code skill — delegate coding tasks to Opencode, supervise via git diff & save 50-90% Claude token usage
githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗
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git clone https://github.com/pcx-wave/opencode-skill ~/.claude/skills/opencode-skill17GitHub stars+1 (+6.2 %) - 20Active
Compact, source-linked context packs that reduce token waste for coding agents.
mcpmeasured growthOpen source ↗
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claude mcp add capsule -- npx capsulectx4GitHub starsstable - 21Active
Rolling context compression for Claude Code — never hit the context wall. Auto-compresses old messages while keeping recent context verbatim. Zero config, zero latency. Works as a Claude Code plugin.
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/plugin marketplace add NodeNestor/claude-rolling-context31GitHub starsstable - 22Active
Resume Claude Code work after rate/usage/context limits without replaying the prior transcript. Auto-saves at 90%/95% usage. Plugin-installable, 10 languages.
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/plugin marketplace add sofumel/claude-handoff-revive6GitHub starsstable - 23Active
claude-night-market
Skill23 Claude Code plugins: TDD enforcement hooks, git/PR workflows, spec-driven development, code review, project lifecycle, fix-from-error, maintenance automation, context optimization, research, and multi-LLM delegation. 186 skills, 128…
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git clone https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market ~/.claude/skills/claude-night-market335GitHub stars+3 (+0.90 %)
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Mixed ranking: measured growth takes priority; entries without two snapshots are estimated. Raw values keep their source-specific window, shown under each tool; a change requires at least two snapshots from the last 7 days.
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Cut LLM token costs: count tokens, estimate cost, slim prompts, and pick the cheapest capable model.
mcpmetric not publishedOpen source ↗
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claude mcp add mcp-token-optimizer -- npx mcp-token-optimizer—No public metric provided - 2UnknownLast commit: unavailable
LLM caching proxy (x402 USDC on Base) - exact + semantic cache. Free health.
mcpmetric not publishedOpen source ↗
Remote server, to be declared in the MCP configuration
https://cache.api.ainode.tech/mcp—No public metric provided