Agent skill

Usage Limit Reducer

by Dubibubii in Dubibubii/usage-limit-reducer

A skill your agent uses when the user is hitting Claude usage limits, burning through tokens fast, running a long conversation, or asks how to use Claude Code more efficiently.

No licenceAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Usage Limit Reducer

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Dubibubii/usage-limit-reducer --skill usage-limit-reducer -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Dubibubii/usage-limit-reducer usage-limit-reducer --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
usage-limit-reducer
GitHub stars
195
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
692 words
Files
6 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
1
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when the user is hitting Claude usage limits, burning through tokens fast, running a long conversation, or asks how to use Claude Code more efficiently.

  • Works in 4 steps: Run the real token-usage report → Diagnose the current session → Apply the rules that match → …
  • The user is hitting Claude usage limits
  • SKILL.md covers How to run this skill, Rules not implementable in… and What this skill does NOT do
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python3

What it does

Usage Limit Reducer is an agent skill from Dubibubii/usage-limit-reducer. Use when the user is hitting Claude usage limits, burning through tokens fast, running a long conversation, or asks how to use Claude Code more efficiently. Triggers on phrases like "hit my limit", "running out of tokens", "usage limit", "save tokens", "reduce usage", "am I wasting tokens", "this chat is getting long", "which model should I use". Diagnoses the current session, runs a real token-usage report from local JSONL logs, and applies Dubi's 11 rules for reducing Claude usage.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including scripts (for example `README.md`, `scripts/test_usage_report.py` and `scripts/usage-report.py`).

It sits in Frontend & Design, covering State management. The repository describes itself as: A Claude Code skill that stops you from burning through your usage limit.

When your agent uses it

  • The user is hitting Claude usage limits
  • Burning through tokens fast
  • Running a long conversation
  • Asks how to use Claude Code more efficiently

Example prompts

  • “hit my limit”
  • “running out of tokens”
  • “usage limit”
  • “/usage-limit-reducer”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Run the real token-usage report
  2. Diagnose the current session
  3. Apply the rules that match
  4. Offer concrete next actions

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9e88d62. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python3

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Usage Limit Reducer loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 127 tokens; SKILL.md has 692 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~127
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 692 words (~1,287 tokens).

“Apply Dubi's 11 rules for cutting Claude token usage. Claude re-reads the entire conversation every turn, so 98.5% of tokens often go to re-reading history instead of generating responses. This skill diagnoses where the user's tokens are going and applies…”

— opening of SKILL.md by Dubibubii
name
usage-limit-reducer

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 5 other files (scripts) in the repository root of Dubibubii/usage-limit-reducer.

  • SKILL.md
  • .gitignore
  • .gitkeep
  • README.md
  • scripts/test_usage_report.py
  • scripts/usage-report.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9e88d62

Compare with similar skills

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Questions about Usage Limit Reducer

What does Usage Limit Reducer do?

A skill your agent uses when the user is hitting Claude usage limits, burning through tokens fast, running a long conversation, or asks how to use Claude Code more efficiently. Usage Limit Reducer is an agent skill from Dubibubii/usage-limit-reducer. Use when the user is hitting Claude usage limits, burning through tokens fast, running a long conversation, or asks how to use Claude Code more efficiently.

When should I use Usage Limit Reducer?

Usage Limit Reducer fits situations like: the user is hitting Claude usage limits; burning through tokens fast; running a long conversation; asks how to use Claude Code more efficiently.

How do I install Usage Limit Reducer in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Dubibubii/usage-limit-reducer --skill usage-limit-reducer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (the Dubibubii/usage-limit-reducer repository) into .claude/skills/usage-limit-reducer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Usage Limit Reducer in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Dubibubii/usage-limit-reducer --skill usage-limit-reducer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (the Dubibubii/usage-limit-reducer repository) into .agents/skills/usage-limit-reducer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Usage Limit Reducer in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Dubibubii/usage-limit-reducer --skill usage-limit-reducer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/usage-limit-reducer, .gemini/skills/usage-limit-reducer, .github/skills/usage-limit-reducer and .opencode/skills/usage-limit-reducer in your project.

What does Usage Limit Reducer need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Usage Limit Reducer needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Usage Limit Reducer access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Usage Limit Reducer safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Usage Limit Reducer use?

No licence was found for Usage Limit Reducer or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Usage Limit Reducer use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Usage Limit Reducer?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Usage Limit Reducer: Svelte Core Best Practices (rilldata/rill, 2.9k stars), Dify Component Writing Guide (langgenius/dify, 158k stars), React State Management (involvex/youtube-music-cli, 456 stars) and GPUI Kit Desktop App Guide (AprilNEA/OpenLogi, 23k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Usage Limit Reducer?

Dubibubii (a GitHub user) maintains it in Dubibubii/usage-limit-reducer, which has 195 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on April 19, 2026.

Source: Dubibubii/usage-limit-reducer on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.