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the one I’d install first is ccusage. no setup, just run npx ccusage and you see what you actually spent

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Most people pay for Opus 5.5 and use it like a search box.

20 open-source repos that turn Claude Code into a full dev setup, sorted by what they fix. Every repo here was checked before posting.

- SEE YOUR SPEND

01 ccusage (ccusage/ccusage) → token use and cost per day and per session, read from your local logs

02 ccstatusline (sirmalloc/ccstatusline) → a status line with the model and context usage under every prompt

03 RTK (rtk-ai/rtk) → shrinks the output of common dev commands before Claude reads it

04 LLMLingua (microsoft/LLMLingua) → compresses long prompts and keeps the facts that matter

- FEED IT LESS, BETTER

05 Claude Context (zilliztech/claude-context) → code search over MCP, so Claude pulls the relevant code instead of whole files

06 Serena (oraios/serena) → reads and edits code by symbol, the way an IDE does

07 Repomix (yamadashy/repomix) → packs a whole repo into one AI-friendly file

08 Gitingest (coderamp-labs/gitingest) → swap “hub” for “ingest” in any GitHub URL and get a prompt-ready digest

09 Context7 (upstash/context7) → current library docs inside the chat, fewer invented APIs

- MEMORY AND PLANNING

10 claude-mem (thedotmack/claude-mem) → carries compressed context from one session to the next

11 Context engineering (coleam00/context-engineering-intro) → templates for CLAUDE.md and feature specs

12 Task Master (eyaltoledano/claude-task-master) → turns a spec into tasks the agent works through one by one

13 Superpowers (obra/superpowers) → skills for planning, test-first work and code review

- SKILLS, AGENTS, PLUGINS

14 Skills (anthropics/skills) → Anthropic’s official Agent Skills

15 Official plugins (anthropics/claude-plugins-official) → Anthropic-managed plugin directory

16 100+ subagents (VoltAgent/awesome-claude-code-subagents) → specialists for reviews, tests, docs and more

17 Templates CLI (davila7/claude-code-templates) → installs agents, commands, hooks and MCP servers for you

- RUN, TEST, ROUTE

18 Claude Squad (smtg-ai/claude-squad) → several agents in parallel, each in its own worktree

19 Playwright MCP (microsoft/playwright-mcp) → Claude drives a real browser and checks what it built

20 Claude Code Router (musistudio/claude-code-router) → sends simple jobs to cheaper models

Where to start: install ccusage and look at a week of your own numbers. Then add one tool from “feed it less” and compare the next week.

[⚡Zollan @Z0llan]

@eu_rafaelfranco exactly. without a stopping rule every prompt turns into a SaaS

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Prompt: “make me a button”

Result: a $9/month SaaS with an onboarding tour, a pricing page and an AI assistant.

I asked Opus 5.5 to parody itself. It was a little too honest:

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@stanlee0nX asked for one button, got a pricing page

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@sayashk asked for one button, got a pricing page

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the onboarding tour gets me every time. “step 1 of 9: this is the button”

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@MrTacticalX Opus coming out cheaper and cleaner is the part that works.
most of these just compare quality

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@GabLattanzio 30 players deciding from their phones is the part that works.
most of these stay single-player.

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@usecrayon the walking city is the part that sells it.
most of these just sit still and look pretty

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the rebooking system was not in the prompt. neither were the 25 minute security lines

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me: build me a small airport sim

claude: done. also added 8 security lanes that open on their own, baggage tugs, and a rebooking system

me: why are people missing their flights

claude: realism

[AYUSH @yushbuilds]

me: hey claude, can you fix this one tiny bug?

claude: absolutely! i've also refactored 37 files for you.

me: what

the app: #̢̛ͥ̀̽̽ͨ̌̓͆̇̀̽ͦͨͫͯ̏̎̇̈̚͜҉̕͢͏͡҉̸̶̛͢͡҉̵̨̭̳̘̹̫͔͖̜̠͖̫̲̖̱̤̻̖͉͢͞͡ͅͅ͏̸̷̢͑̊̀̐ͣͭͭ̉͂ͨ̽͒̊̎͛ͪ̊̎ͩͧ̀͝͠͠͏̸̵̵̷̵

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@DrstaOne the reflections and lighting are actually crazy for $1.62

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@DrstaOne yep the line part is the worst

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I followed one passenger through the day before Thanksgiving.

#2228 got to the curb at 1:34 pm and spent 20 minutes in the security line. The doors on NF 299 to San Diego closed while they were standing at the jet bridge.

None of it is real.

Opus 5.5 built the whole terminal, and the simulation decides who makes their flight.

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honestly felt bad for #2228. 20 minutes in that line and they still missed it

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@Meddes0119 the flashlight cone is the part that sells it.
most of these just make the whole map dark

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@Meddes0119 appreciate it, still early)

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4.8 trillion damage. 0 lines of code from me.

Opus 5.5 built this Roblox-style simulator in one chat:

pets from Common to Rainbow, bosses with crowns, rebirths and four worlds. My run started at 62 damage.

About 900 lines in a single HTML file, and it runs in a browser tab.

No Roblox Studio involved.

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@numaausaumon @Aprilzz423 one prompt for a fully playable game boy is the part that works.
most of these still need three tries just to get the shell

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Common to Rainbow is a 1.5% drop. Still waiting on mine