The Wire runs on a Claude Max subscription via Claude Code and GitHub Actions. Every workflow
run appends its exact tokens and cost to a ledger — published here, in the build-in-public
spirit. 33 runs so far.
$49.38total spend
33runs
550ktokens (in+out)
$1.50avg / run
Spend per run 2026-06-12 → 2026-06-29
Daily DiveThe WireDaily Scout
By desk
Workflow
Runs
Cost
Share
Daily Dive
13
$32.78
66%
The Wire
3
$9.48
19%
Daily Scout
17
$7.12
14%
By model
Model
Runs
Cost
claude-opus-4-8
16
$42.26
claude-sonnet-4-6
17
$7.12
Cache reads: 32.3M tokens (prompt caching is most of the volume; the cost column
already reflects cached pricing). Source of truth:
usage/ledger.csv.