Spotify's Portal cut my Claude Code token usage by 90%

Portal by Spotify cut my Claude Code token usage by 90%

An engineer at Spotify shares how they slashed Claude Code token consumption by 90% using Portal's AiKA Modes. By routing bulk file reads and boilerplate code generation to cheaper models like Gemini 2.5 Flash, they saved thousands of tokens on tasks that don't require frontier-level reasoning. The setup involves two declarative modes, a Claude Code plugin with hooks and skills, and results in significant cost savings without sacrificing quality for complex reasoning tasks.