3 tricks so Claude Code stops hitting the limit

What this is

A free, step-by-step template from Taha's reels — the exact tools, prompts and links, laid out so you can follow along and ship. Comment the keyword on the reel and it also lands in your DMs.

Hey! 👋 Here's what I promised you:

Hitting the limit fast, even on a small plan like Pro? Often the problem is how many tokens each message sends, not the plan itself. These 3 tricks are built into Claude Code — nothing to install.

1. `/model opusplan` — Opus does only the planning, Sonnet writes the code. Opus is the heavy model; Sonnet is enough for most of the coding.

/model opusplan

Then switch to plan mode with Shift+Tab (until the status bar shows plan mode on): Opus makes the plan, and when you approve it, Claude Code switches to Sonnet to write the code.

🔗Docs (opusplan)https://code.claude.com/docs/en/model-config#opusplan-model-setting

2. `/compact` — Claude re-reads the whole chat on every message. When the chat gets long, /compact replaces the history with a short summary, so you keep what matters and stop paying for the rest. You can tell it what to keep:

/compact Focus on code samples and API usage

🔗Docs (manage context)https://code.claude.com/docs/en/costs#manage-context-proactively

Compacting a very long chat is itself a big request, so don't wait too long. Switching to an unrelated task? /clear starts fresh and costs nothing.

3. `ultrathink` — for a hard task, add the word ultrathink anywhere in your prompt and Claude thinks through the whole problem before it writes anything. It's a keyword, not a slash command:

Refactor this checkout flow so it handles failed payments. ultrathink

🔗Docs (ultrathink)https://code.claude.com/docs/en/model-config#use-ultrathink-for-one-off-deep-reasoning

Use ultrathink only on the hard turns — deeper thinking on one turn saves you the retries, but you don't need it for simple edits.

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