Skills, automations and a plugin that make Claude Code cheaper to run
Each item targets a finding the dashboard measures. Install any of them headlessly with the CLI (no account, no app), or all at once as a Claude Code plugin. Signed-in users see which are installed on each machine.
- Skill
Context hygiene
Keeps every turn cheap by keeping the conversation small.
A skill Claude Code loads automatically: when to compact, when to start fresh, what never to paste.
npx readyclaw toolkit install context-hygiene
- Skill
Handoffs between sessions
A fresh session at 10k tokens instead of a 500k one resumed.
Teaches the 40-line HANDOFF.md; with the plugin, /handoff writes it for you.
npx readyclaw toolkit install handoff-between-sessions
- Skill
Delegate bulk reading
Sweeps and mechanical loops run on a cheaper model; only the conclusion comes back.
How to brief a subagent and which tier to give it.
npx readyclaw toolkit install delegate-bulk-reading
- Skill
Read tool output cheaply
Stops 60k-character results from riding along in every later turn.
head/tail/grep habits, line ranges, and the 10k-token threshold.
npx readyclaw toolkit install reading-tool-output-cheaply
- Skill
Model per task
Top tier only where it pays; mid tier for the loop; cheap tier for grunt work.
The split, and the settings pins that quietly pick old models.
npx readyclaw toolkit install model-per-task
- Automation
Context guard and advisor
Claude Code is told, at the moment it matters, to /compact, start fresh after a cold resume, hand bulk reading to an Explore subagent, stop re-reading a file, move a tool-only loop to Sonnet, or plan first.
Three small hooks in ~/.claude/settings.json (backup written). Each piece of advice is given once per session, not every turn. Prompts, commands and file writes that carry a credential are blocked before they are sent; nothing else is rewritten.
npx readyclaw guard on
- Automation
Daily sync
Dashboard, digests and finding history stay current without remembering to run sync.
A launchd job on macOS, Task Scheduler on Windows, cron on Linux, at 09:17 local.
npx readyclaw toolkit install sync-daily
- Plugin
The readyclaw plugin
Everything above plus /handoff and /headroom, updated through Claude Code's plugin system.
Run inside Claude Code.
/plugin marketplace add phoenixtype/readyclaw-skills /plugin install readyclaw@readyclaw
Headless and CI use
Everything works without the dashboard or the desktop app: readyclaw scan --json for data, readyclaw check --max-usd 50 --days 7 exits non-zero over budget (drop it in cron or CI), readyclaw guard on and readyclaw toolkit install … configure a machine from a script, and readyclaw sync --quiet runs from a scheduler.