Claude Code

The Four Habits Eating Your Claude Limit, and the Fix for Each

Claude's /usage screen now warns about max effort, workflows, always-on context and large tool results. What each one is, the exact fix for each, and what the numbers can and can't tell you

Alex ChenAlex Chen@nocodealex · 45,000+ follow on Instagram
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On October 14, Claude Code 2.1.299 added warnings in /usage for four habits that burn through a plan: max effort, workflows, always-on context and large tool results. Run /usage, read which one shows up, and fix that one first.

Here's what each habit is, the fix for it, and the catch about the numbers.

Why usage climbs

  • Claude Code sends your whole conversation with every request, and each time Claude uses tools it sends another request carrying that batch of tool results.
  • Every subagent, and every agent a workflow spawns, sends its own requests on top of the main conversation's.

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