Product

Clade Code
Cost-honest savings
for Claude Code

One install, one init. Every claude session in every folder routes through Clade Code. Typical workloads see ~60–80% real cost reduction — measured per-call, reported honestly.
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Real savings. Honestly reported.

Most tools advertise headline numbers like "save 99%" without telling you which calls they're counting. Clade Code measures every call against its honest baseline and reports the actual per-call savings. The number on the Monitor panel is what you actually saved — not an aggregate that flatters the average.

Typical workload
~60–80% saved
on real Claude Code sessions. Read-heavy and rename-heavy workflows save more.
The honest framing

The Monitor panel's "$ saved" is a real per-call sum, not a marketing average. Run a session, watch the number, compare to your Claude bill at month end. The numbers reconcile.

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Install — three steps

One-time setup. macOS Apple Silicon. No Python. No package manager. No marketplace dependency.

Step 1 — Download

# clade-code CLI (notarized; serves Claude Code via MCP)
sudo curl -fsSL -L https://github.com/tacticscale/clade-releases/releases/download/clade-code-v0.1.86/clade-code-0.1.86-macos-arm64 -o /usr/local/bin/clade-code

# VS Code extension (Token Savings Monitor)
curl -fsSL https://imlore.com/clade/releases/clade-0.1.98.vsix -o clade.vsix

Step 2 — Install

# make the binary executable + clear browser-applied quarantine
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/clade-code
sudo xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /usr/local/bin/clade-code

# sideload the VS Code extension
code --install-extension clade.vsix

Step 3 — Init — this is the step that turns Clade Code on

# Register clade-code with Claude Code and enable delegation
# for your account. One-time, runs from any directory; settings apply
# to every project from now on (no per-folder setup).
clade-code init

After clade-code init (run once), every claude session in any terminal, in any project folder, automatically routes eligible small tasks to Clade Code. The VS Code Monitor panel shows live savings per project; opening it is optional. State lives at ~/.clade/state.json — a single file for your whole account, not per-workspace.

Verify with clade-code --version (→ clade-code 0.1.86). No API keys. No account. No runtime dependencies. Everything runs locally after install.

Updates are manual: re-run the same curl + code --install-extension + clade-code init with newer version filenames to upgrade. The VS Code marketplace is not used; the extension is sideloaded directly.

Real savings. Honestly reported.

Clade Code reduces Claude API costs on real Claude Code sessions and reports the savings honestly, per call. The number on the Monitor panel is what you actually saved — measured, not estimated. One install, one init, every project.