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One CLAUDE.md file. Keeps Claude responses terse. Reduces output verbosity on heavy workflows. Drop-in, no code changes.

4 mentions on Hacker News by 4 people: 1 story, 3 comments · first 2026-03-31 · latest 2026-03-31

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  1. …how this reduced token efficiency, spoilers: efficiency is highest without any instructions. https://github.com/drona23/claude-token-efficient/issues/1
    comment by Asmod4n · 2026-03-31 · in Universal Claude.md – cut Claude output tokens
  2. I get where the authors are coming from with these: https://github.com/drona23/claude-token-efficient/blob/main/... But I'd rather use the "instruction budget" on the task at hand. Some, like the Code Output section, can fit a code review…
    comment by cheriot · 2026-03-31 · in Universal Claude.md – cut Claude output tokens
  3. …heavily biased towards single-shot explanatory tasks, not agentic loops where code is generated: https://github.com/drona23/claude-token-efficient/blob/main/... And I think this raises a really important question. When you're deep into a…
    comment by btown · 2026-03-31 · in Universal Claude.md – cut Claude output tokens