Real-time Token Monitoring for Claude Code: A Practical Guide

This article provides a practical guide to monitoring token consumption for Claude Code, a critical aspect of cost management when using LLMs. While concise, the guide prioritizes ease of use by suggesting installation via `uv`, a modern package manager. This tool empowers developers to optimize their Claude Code usage for efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

• •The guide focuses on installing and using `claude-monitor` to track token usage.
• •It recommends `uv` for installation, but also provides options for `pipx` and `pip`.
• •The goal is to help users manage their Claude Code usage and reduce costs.