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Using /clear and @-mentioning files are the essential things I do from this list -- I run multiple Claude Code sessions everyday while I work and I never hit usage limits.

The other thing that makes a big difference is planning out my work and handing off well-scoped, verifiable feature descriptions to CC. This allows it to do targeted work and quickly check that it met its objective without a bunch of churn and re-work.

Something else I do fairly often is ask CC to build a phased (sometimes "Red/Green TDD") plan of how to implement the feature and to /grill-me with any questions. This obviously has some up-front token cost, but I usually find that we address ambiguities, contradictions, and missing requirements that way. The phased plan, especially with the TDD, allows CC to proceed in a more methodical and direct way to the finished feature. I think that general leads to lower token usage overall.