Context: Working on dotfiles (main) - claude-ops session analysis

Claude Code Spend: Jan-Mar 2026

Total: $2,884 across 382 sessions, 15 projects

Monthly Trend

  • Jan: $281 (36 sessions) - all Sonnet 4.5
  • Feb: 602) / Opus 4.6 ($439)
  • Mar: 1,365)
  • Apr 1 alone: $87

By Model (all-time)

  • Opus 4.6: $1,890 (65.5%) - 143 sessions
  • Sonnet 4.5: $881 (30.5%) - 64 sessions
  • Sonnet 4.6: $64 (2.2%) - 63 sessions
  • Haiku 4.5: $48 (1.7%) - 179 sessions

By Project (March)

  • dotfiles: $872 (89 sessions, 57% of spend)
  • media-stack: $201
  • SillyTavern: $152
  • personal-website: $116
  • scratch: $84
  • claude-ops: $75

Cache efficiency

  • 4 billion cache read tokens total
  • Opus: 540:1 cache read to output ratio
  • Input tokens are typically 1 (everything else is cached)

Observations

  • Clear model migration path: Sonnet 4.5 Opus 4.6 between Jan-Mar
  • Spend accelerating: 1,077 $1,439 monthly
  • Dotfiles project dominates usage
  • Mar 30 was the single most expensive day at $266 (17 sessions)