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Costs, tokens and time

Compare reported work across tasks and set practical boundaries.

A dash means the agent did not report that metric; it is not zero. Compare like-for-like work and inspect missing values before concluding one agent is cheaper. Task usage is distinct from provider subscription quotas.

Step by step

  1. Open Usage on a task to see its reported cost, tokens and elapsed usage.

  2. Open Usage & limits from the lower sidebar for the workspace view and individual tasks.

  3. Set supported limits and choose Save budget: cost for Claude Code, tokens for Claude Code/Codex, and minutes for supported runners.

  4. If a budget pauses work, review usage, adjust the limit deliberately and resume the task.