Token Economics of Parallel AI Coding
What it costs to run 10 agents for a day.
At current Claude API prices, a typical coding agent uses $2-10 worth of tokens per day depending on task complexity and model choice. Running 10 agents costs $20-100/day — far less than developer salaries for equivalent work.
Cost optimization
- Use Sonnet for routine tasks (tests, docs, migrations)
- Reserve Opus for complex architectural work
- amux's per-session tracking shows where your tokens go
Get started with amux
Run dozens of Claude Code agents in parallel. Python 3 + tmux. Open source.
git clone https://github.com/mixpeek/amux && cd amux && ./install.sh
amux register myproject --dir ~/Dev/myproject --yolo
amux start myproject
amux serve # → https://localhost:8822