The original title is "How to Audit Hidden Reminders and Context Usage in Claude Code Logs"

Short summary

A detailed field guide for auditing Claude Code session logs stored as JSONL files, focusing on hidden ip_reminder markers and token usage distribution. The workflow produces a report with file metadata, reminder occurrences with JSON paths, per-record token counts, and chronological CSV output. It emphasizes treating logged data as observable markers rather than complete explanations of the request pipeline.

• •Step-by-step workflow for auditing Claude Code JSONL session logs for ip_reminder markers and token usage
• •Produces reports with file digests, reminder locations, and aggregate token counts (input, output, cache creation, cache read)
• •Includes security guidance on keeping reports local and not modifying live session files

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