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To address the lack of transparency in Claude Code’s token consumption, a developer created `claude-trace`, a CLI tool designed to parse local logs and provide granular data on usage costs and cache performance. This utility offers a much-needed measurement layer that breaks down spending by project and session, allowing users to visualize their "token burn" and the impact of optimization efforts. While the tool provides a detailed breakdown of tool and project usage, its creation has sparked discussion regarding whether native features like the `/context` command already offer sufficient visibility into the model’s context window.