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Add burnd — local-first Claude Code cost-leak detector#219

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Adding burnd to the Usage & Observability section.

What it is

burnd is a local-first CLI that reads your ~/.claude/projects/*.jsonl session files and finds 8 specific cost-leak patterns:

  • Opus on routine work (Sonnet would cost 80% less for short-output sessions)
  • Project cost outliers (one project costing 3-10x your median per session)
  • Retry storms (same command looped 10+ times)
  • Tool error storms (>20% of tool calls failing)
  • Repeated reads (same file read 3+ times per session)
  • Tool overuse (one tool >70% of calls, usually bash)
  • Late-night coding tax (00:00-05:00 sessions cost 2.5x more)
  • Over-firing skills (one skill >25% of tool calls)

Each detection returns a dollar value and a concrete fix (e.g., specific CLAUDE.md snippets).

Why it fits this section

It's in the same family as ccusage, CodexBar, and claude-usage — but differs by focusing on cross-session leak patterns with dollar-denominated fixes rather than just current usage display. Works entirely offline, zero telemetry (anonymous install ping only, opt-out via env var).

Install

npx -y getburnd

Already merged in rohitg00/awesome-claude-code-toolkit#283 for cross-reference.

Thanks for maintaining this list 🙏

burnd is a local-first CLI tool that reads ~/.claude/projects/*.jsonl
session files and finds 8 cost-leak patterns (Opus on routine work,
retry storms, context thrash, project outliers, etc). It prints
dollar-denominated fixes and runs 100% locally — no account, no upload.

https://github.com/garvitsurana271/burnd
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