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		ebcode 7 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Claude Token Counter, now with model comparisons I’m working on a tool that is a more token-efficient code search than grep. I don’t have hard numbers yet, but it’s been working for me to get longer sessions. https://github.com/ebcode/SourceMinder

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Esophagus4 7 days ago [–]

Oh nice! Thank you, I will definitely give this a shot.

I was looking at tree-sitter myself for this task.

ebcode 7 days ago | [–]

It's still in beta, and I'm hoping to get more feedback, so feel free to post in the issues or reach out directly if you run into any problems.

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