TokenBurnRate

See where your AI tokens go — and how to spend less of them.

TokenBurnRate is an MCP server + CLI that logs every Claude / GPT / Gemini API call locally, shows you a cost dashboard in your terminal, and tells you exactly how to reduce that cost.

Code

  ⬡ token-tracker  LAST 7 DAYS
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  Overview
  Total cost          $18.7421   (~$80.59/month est.)
  API calls           347
  Input tokens        4.82M
  Cache reads         620K  (11.4% hit rate)

  Daily Cost
  Mon Jun 02  ████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░   $2.14
  Tue Jun 03  ████████████████████░░░░   $3.82
  Thu Jun 05  ████████████████████████   $4.51

  💡 Optimization Hints               saves $31.20/mo
  ● CRIT  Prompt cache barely used
          Cache hit rate: 11.4% — target is 30–60%
          Action: Move static content to top of messages
          Est. saving: $12.40/month

  ● HIGH  Expensive model doing test generation
          104 test-gen calls on Sonnet costing $2.25/week
          Action: Route to claude-haiku-4-5, saves 80%
          Est. saving: $7.80/month

Install

Terminal

npm install -g token-tracker-mcp

Or run without installing:

Terminal

npx token-tracker-mcp report

Add to Claude Desktop

bash

node scripts/setup.js

Or add manually to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "token-tracker": {
      "command": "token-tracker",
      "args": ["serve"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop. Done.

CLI Commands

Command	Description
`token-tracker report`	Full 7-day dashboard
`token-tracker report --period month`	Monthly report
`token-tracker today`	Today only
`token-tracker hints`	Optimization hints ranked by $ saving
`token-tracker hint <id>`	Deep-dive on one hint
`token-tracker status`	One-line: cost · cache % · top hint
`token-tracker budget`	Budget gauges
`token-tracker models`	Pricing table for all models
`token-tracker export > out.csv`	Raw CSV export

MCP Tools (use inside Claude)

Tool	Description
`log_usage`	Log an API call — auto-calculates cost
`get_summary`	Summary for today / week / month / all
`get_hints`	Ranked optimization hints with $ savings
`get_hint_detail`	Deep-dive on a specific hint
`set_budget`	Set a daily / weekly / monthly spend limit
`list_sessions`	Sessions ranked by cost
`list_models`	Pricing table
`export_csv`	CSV dump

Optimization Hints Engine

8 deterministic rules — no LLM calls, runs instantly on your local data:

Hint	Triggers when
`cache-utilization`	Cache hit rate < 30%
`model-swap-testing`	Test gen running on Sonnet / Opus
`model-swap-debug`	Debugging on Opus
`verbose-outputs`	Output / input ratio > 0.35
`session-spike`	Any session costs 3× your average
`context-bloat`	Avg tokens / call > 8K
`retry-loops`	Sessions with 30+ high-token calls
`single-model-dependency`	100% traffic on one expensive model

Each hint includes severity · evidence · recommended action · estimated monthly saving.

Privacy

All data stored at ~/.token-tracker/usage.db (SQLite). Nothing leaves your machine. No telemetry, no account required.

Development