Once sent, recorded many times in usage, is this a bug or incorrect functionality
They do some insane imaginary token caching for each tool call.
Switch to gemini-2.5 pro. Gemini does it all in one pass while claude-4 tool calls each trigger a full usage cost.
Claude-4 and even 3.7 are just not sustainable with this dumb pricing model they just introduced
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@Dream yoiu can find the detailed breakdown of each record when you use the top right view option “Tokens” in Dashboar > Usage.
It will show following 4 columns
- Input tokens (prompt, rules, attached files, mcp tools, tools,…)
- Output tokens (chat text, code, tool calls, mcp tool calls, …)
- Cache Write (writing chat session to cache so it can be reused in your next chat request on same thread)
- Cache Read (reading that session cache, cheapest token of all 4 as it does not require pre-processing anymore)
API providers have the pricing on their page (add 20% from Cursors side as per documentation)