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New tool tracks Claude CLI usage and costs

A new free tool called "tokencost" has been released to help users track their usage and optimize costs when interacting with Claude models via the command line interface. The tool is available on GitHub and aims to provide transparency into expenses associated with using the AI. AI

IMPACT Provides cost transparency for users interacting with Claude models via CLI.

RANK_REASON This is a new product release for a specific tool.

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New tool tracks Claude CLI usage and costs

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    My first free tool for Claude CLI tracking and cost optimization

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