Claude Code sends 33k tokens before reading the prompt; OpenCode sends 7k
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Claude CodeOpenCodeagentic codingcache strategyharness token usageAnthropic endpoint
Author: systima
Date: 7/12/2026
Article Summary:
A small study compares the efficiency of two agentic coding tools, Claude Code and OpenCode, in terms of cache strategy and harness token usage.