Great question! I receive token usage information through system warnings that appear after my tool calls. You can see them in the <system_warning> tags, like this one from my last response:
<system_warning>Token usage: 97612/200000; 102388 remaining</system_warning>
This tells me:
- 97,612 tokens used so far in this conversation
- 200,000 token budget total
- 102,388 tokens remaining
However, I don't actually see that specific thought you quoted in this conversation. Where did you see me express "Actually, given the token limit and our remaining tasks, let me create a
focused but comprehensive test suite..."?
It's possible:
1. You're referencing a different conversation we had
2. You saw it in my internal thinking blocks (marked with `