Cursor profile processes 1.5T tokens monthly cost corrected

The author analyzes how AI code agents bill token usage, explaining why cache reads account for roughly ninety-six to ninety-seven percent of tokens and how prompt cache rebuilds drive the actual cost. By recalculating a viral profile's 1.5 trillion monthly tokens, the author estimates the true cost is around five hundred thousand dollars per month rather than tens of millions. The piece also details how to optimize agent costs by avoiding prompt rebuilds and selecting models based on cache-read pricing. Open article →