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Claude Code sends 33k tokens before reading the prompt; OpenCode sends 7k

Hacker News Best / 12 July 2026 / 3h ago

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This started based off of a hunch. We usually use OpenCode, but were 'forced' to use Claude Code for a while due to issues with Meridian. In that time, we saw the usage meter rise much, much more quickly than when using OpenCode. This was the initial anecdotal evidence, but we undertook this small study to collect empirical data: We added logging between the agentic coding tool (Claude Code and Op

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Claude Code sends 33k tokens before reading the prompt; OpenCode sends 7k

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