Re:Reduce Claude Token Usage by 50%
by Luseniik on Friday February 27, 2026 @07:45AM
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Good question and appreciate the thoughtful framing.
--resume and planning mode solve different problems than HAM. --resume carries forward one session's state. Planning mode structures one task. Neither gives the agent persistent knowledge about the codebase across sessions, across tasks, or across developers.
If you start a fresh session tomorrow in src/api/, --resume doesn't help unless you're literally continuing yesterday's session. HAM means every new session in that directory starts with the right context — conventions, patterns, decisions — regardless of what came before.
They're complementary. I use all three together.
The file count concern is fair though. Not every directory needs a CLAUDE.md. v0.2 adds a routing section in the root file that maps which directories actually need context files. So instead of scattering them everywhere, you're explicit about which folders the agent frequently works in and only those get context files. Fewer files, higher quality.
--resume and planning mode solve different problems than HAM. --resume carries forward one session's state. Planning mode structures one task. Neither gives the agent persistent knowledge about the codebase across sessions, across tasks, or across developers.
If you start a fresh session tomorrow in src/api/, --resume doesn't help unless you're literally continuing yesterday's session. HAM means every new session in that directory starts with the right context — conventions, patterns, decisions — regardless of what came before.
They're complementary. I use all three together.
The file count concern is fair though. Not every directory needs a CLAUDE.md. v0.2 adds a routing section in the root file that maps which directories actually need context files. So instead of scattering them everywhere, you're explicit about which folders the agent frequently works in and only those get context files. Fewer files, higher quality.