Coding Agent Token Waste Reduction: The Complete Guide to Cutting LLM Costs by 60-80%
A single developer running Claude Code full-time can burn $3,000-$13,000/month in API costs. A 20-person team using coding agents at the same intensity hits $47K/month before they realize something is wrong. The research across Beam, AgentMarketCap, and Stanford’s Digital Economy Lab points to the same number: 60-70% of that spending is waste — redundant context loading, fat prompts, wrong model choices, and bloated session histories. This guide covers the eight strategies that actually move the needle, ranked by impact, with code and configs you can apply today. ...