# Cursor high token usage

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-high-token-usage/156924>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** byok, context, large-codebases\
**Created:** [April 7, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-high-token-usage/156924 "2026-04-07T16:10:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Someguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/someguy/32/87311_2.png) [@Someguy](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Someguy)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-high-token-usage/156924/15 "2026-05-12T19:37:34Z")

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> [@I don't want to use subagents anymore](https://forum.cursor.com/t/i-dont-want-to-use-subagents-anymore/157018/42):
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> Hey @Someguy, I see the screenshot. You have claude-4.6-opus-high as the main agent plus two composer-2-fast passes, which are the subagents. On legacy Pro with request-based billing, each subagent counts as a separate request, so one chat can grow to 5+ requests. That’s by design for that plan, not a bug, but I get that it looks bad. The path General \> Rules for AI from my earlier message is outdated. In 2.6.22, add the rule like this: Cursor Settings \> Rules \> User Rules (or the file .cursor…

Try this!

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