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Find missed token savings in Claude Code sessions and create filters for unfiltered commands

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tokf discover — Find Missed Token Savings

Use this skill to analyze Claude Code sessions and find commands that are running without tokf filtering, wasting tokens on verbose output.

Quick Start

Run tokf discover in the project directory to scan recent sessions:

tokf discover

Options

  • --all — scan all projects, not just the current one
  • --since 7d — only scan sessions from the last 7 days (also 24h, 30m)
  • --limit 0 — show all results (default: top 20)
  • --json — output as JSON for programmatic use
  • --session <path> — scan a specific session file
  • --project <path> — scan sessions for a specific project path

Interpreting Results

The output shows:

  • COMMAND — the shell command pattern being run without filtering
  • FILTER — the tokf filter that would handle it
  • RUNS — how many times it appeared in sessions
  • TOKENS — estimated token count of unfiltered output
  • SAVINGS — estimated tokens that filtering would save

Workflow

  1. Run tokf discover to identify top savings opportunities
  2. For commands with existing filters: run tokf hook install to set up automatic filtering
  3. For commands without filters: use /tokf-filter skill to create a custom filter
  4. Re-run tokf discover after changes to verify improvement

Creating Filters for Unfiltered Commands

If tokf discover shows commands with no matching filter, create one:

# See what a filter would look like
tokf which "the-command --args"

# Use the tokf-filter skill to create a proper filter
# /tokf-filter

JSON Output

Use --json for integration with other tools:

tokf discover --json | jq '.results[] | select(.estimated_savings > 1000)'

The JSON schema includes:

  • sessions_scanned — number of JSONL files processed
  • total_commands — all Bash commands found
  • already_filtered — commands already using tokf
  • filterable_commands — commands with available filters
  • no_filter_commands — commands with no matching filter
  • estimated_total_savings — total estimated token savings
  • results[] — per-command breakdown sorted by savings