You're getting downvoted because people here don't know that the specific agent you pick can pollute your context and waste your tokens. Claude's system prompt is enormous, to say nothing of things like context windows and hidden subagents.
>>0xbadc+(OP)
I am using Codex-cli with my regular $20 a month ChatGPT subscription. Never once had to worry about tokens, request etc. I logged in with my regular ChatGPT account and didn’t have to use an API key