I built a Claude skill to stop overthinking and cut token usage by ~60–80%
Claude tends to overthink and produce very long responses, especially during coding tasks. With usage limits being a real issue, this was burning through tokens much faster than expected.
While experimenting, I came across the idea of “antigravity-style” task handling - where the goal is faster, more direct, and controlled outputs instead of verbose reasoning.
That got me thinking, so I built a custom Claude skill around this idea.
It:
- Reduces token usage (~60–80%)
- Cuts unnecessary reasoning / overthinking
- Produces cleaner, more structured outputs
Instead of letting Claude freely generate long explanations, this adds constraints and forces it to stay focused and efficient.
I’ve been testing it on coding and explanation tasks, and the difference is pretty noticeable in both speed and token usage.
Still improving it , would love feedback or ideas.
If anyone else is struggling with token limits or unnecessary overthinking, this might help. It responds faster, focuses directly on the task, avoids reading or dumping unnecessary context, and gives more efficient outputs overall.
GitHub: https://github.com/KINGSTAR-OMEGA/claude-token-optimizer