Stop wasting tokens on your CLAUDE.md #ClaudeCode

My CLAUDE.md cost about 26,000 tokens before I even said hello to Claude Code. I cut my rules in half, and a $145 median video build came down to $59 on the build I measured. 🎁 Free Claude Code starter kit, sent to your inbox: https://genaiunplugged.substack.com/subscribe 🆓 Free live lesson with me: https://www.genaiunplugged.com/free-lesson/ 🎓 Claude Code Builder, my 6-week live cohort: https://maven.com/genaiunplugged/claude-code-builder 👥 Train your team on Claude Code: https://www.genaiunplugged.com/team-training/ 1. My rules were 39% of the first request. Slimmed, they dropped to 24%. 2. 15 test runs on each side, and every checked task still passed. 3. The bigger leak was Claude rereading the same context again and again. Which rule in your CLAUDE.md would you never cut? Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxqHxlZO65I Source: https://claude.com/blog/the-new-rules-of-context-engineering-for-claude-5-generation-models #Shorts #ClaudeCode #AIWorkflow