ccusage
Strong for historical usage analysis, agent accounting, and reporting what happened after the fact.
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tokenpatch vs ccusage
ccusage is useful when you want to analyze model usage. tokenpatch is for when you want to change the development workflow itself: keep the strong model in charge, route bounded patches to a cheaper executor, and measure the cost of a useful applied change.
tokenpatch
Strong for bounded execution, allowed-file safety, recovery checkpoints, and savings per applied patch.
Best combined pattern
Use ccusage to inspect usage trends and tokenpatch to reduce future coding-task cost.
| Question | ccusage | tokenpatch |
|---|---|---|
| What did my coding-agent usage cost? | Good fit for historical usage accounting. | Reports executor cost for tokenpatch tasks. |
| How do I reduce the next implementation loop? | Shows the cost signal after the fact. | Changes the workflow by routing bounded patches to a cheaper executor. |
| Does the cost map to an applied patch? | Usually request-level or session-level. | Task-level: allowed files, checkpoint, patch, validation hint, and savings ratio. |