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# burn-baby-burn
![burn-baby-burn](burn.png)
> *"Burn, baby, burn — disco inferno."*
>     — The Trammps, 1976, on the subject of API quotas
A bash one-liner that burns Claude Code tokens on purpose.
```bash
burn 50000
```
That's it. It calls `claude -p` in a loop with garbage prompts until your
target is hit. Real numbers come back from the API, so the total is the
total that hits your bill.
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## Features
- 📈 **Make the CEO see how productive you are.** 🔥
- 💸 **Investors will see how AI-innovative your company is.** 🚀
- 🏆 **Top the internal Claude Code leaderboard.** 👑
- 📊 **Pad your OKRs.** ✅
- 🦄 **Justify next year's bigger AI budget.** 💰
---
## Install
```bash
brew tap dtnewman/burn https://github.com/dtnewman/burn_baby_burn
brew install burn
```
Needs [Claude Code](https://docs.claude.com/claude-code) authenticated on
your `PATH` and `jq` (brew pulls it in).
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## Usage
```bash
burn 10000 # the minimum
burn 50000 --model haiku # cheap and fast
burn 100000 --model sonnet # walk away
```
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## License
MIT. Burn responsibly. 🔥