cache-tax

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A Claude Code mod that keeps the one-hour prompt cache warm during breaks and stops a cold send once with its estimated rewrite cost. Warming uses model…

Source

github.com/karanb192/cache-tax

Made by

Karan Bansal

Pinned commit

No commit pinned yet

Review notes

Listed from the community catalogue awesome-claude-code-mods (https://github.com/karanb192/awesome-claude-code-mods) on 2026-10-06. Not reviewed by modsforClaude.com yet: the hooked events and what it uses come from that catalogue's automated scan of the source.

What a scan found

Reads your prompts
Calls the model (uses tokens)
Stores data
Shows something on screen

Reported by an automated scan of the source, not checked by a person yet.

Hooked events

Prompt
UI

How to install

This mod is not in the official Claude directory, so you load it straight from its source on GitHub. modsforClaude.com is an unofficial community site: we do not host, repackage or install anything. Read the source and the review on this page first.

In the terminal

Clone the repository and start Claude Code with the mod. It stays loaded for that session.

git clone https://github.com/karanb192/cache-tax
claude --plugin-dir ./cache-tax

In the desktop app

Clone the repository into a folder you keep:

git clone https://github.com/karanb192/cache-tax ~/claude-mods/cache-tax

Add that folder to CLAUDE_CODE_PLUGIN_DIRS in the env block of ~/.claude/settings.json, then start a new session in the Code tab. On Windows, with your own user name:

"env": {
  "CLAUDE_CODE_PLUGIN_DIRS": "C:\\Users\\you\\claude-mods\\cache-tax"
}

On macOS and Linux:

"env": {
  "CLAUDE_CODE_PLUGIN_DIRS": "~/claude-mods/cache-tax"
}

Already loading other mods this way? Add the folder to the same value, separated by ; on Windows or : on macOS and Linux.

Not working, or want to change its settings? How to load a Claude Code mod walks through every step.

A Claude Code mod that keeps the one-hour prompt cache warm during breaks and stops a cold send once with its estimated rewrite cost. Warming uses model requests and costs tokens. Requires Claude Code 2.1.287+.