Numbers below are directly readable from operator's billing-dashboard screenshots dated 2026-05-15. They are not adjusted, estimated, or projected. Full Anthropic billing export and raw prompt history are preserved offline.
This breakdown is the strongest single anchor for the work-pattern claim. ~94% of all input was cache-read, which is the unmistakable fingerprint of iterating repeatedly over large fixed contexts — drives, repositories, transcripts, forensic archives — rather than ordinary chatbot exchanges.
Input bucket
Tokens
Share of input
Meaning
Cache read
5,731,564,574
94.12%
Cached re-reads of previously-loaded large contexts
Cache write (5m)
301,646,515
4.95%
New context loaded into the 5-minute prompt cache
Cache write (1h)
0
0%
(none used)
No-cache input
56,266,181
0.92%
Uncached fresh-read tokens
Total input
6,089,477,270
100%
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Top 10 days by input volume (CSV-authoritative)
#
Date
Input tokens
Output tokens
Models active
1
2026-05-03
528,974,209
1,605,595
Sonnet 4.6 + Haiku 4.5
2
2026-05-13
481,852,927
1,404,874
Opus 4.7 + Haiku 4.5
3
2026-05-09
462,736,669
1,339,268
Opus 4.7 + Haiku 4.5
4
2026-05-10
442,414,425
1,377,869
Opus 4.7 + Haiku 4.5
5
2026-05-12
376,968,980
950,419
Opus 4.7 + Haiku 4.5
6
2026-05-07
351,135,717
1,677,153
Opus 4.7 + Sonnet 4.6 + Haiku 4.5
7
2026-05-08
348,167,247
1,020,893
Opus 4.7 + Haiku 4.5
8
2026-05-01
345,892,354
1,753,758
Sonnet 4.6 + Haiku 4.5
9
2026-05-14
228,880,753
1,156,442
Opus 4.7 + Haiku 4.5
10
2026-04-18
221,273,362
3,176,553
Sonnet 4.6 + Haiku 4.5
Nine of the top ten days are in May 2026, consistent with the cadence-escalation pattern visible in the credit-grant ledger.
Credit-grant ledger (full invoice history, 24 entries, all UTC)
Date
Type
Amount
Status / expiry
2026-04-01
Free credits
$5.00
Expiring 2027-04-03
2026-04-02
Credit grant
$50.00
Paid
2026-04-04
Credit grant
$50.00
Paid
2026-04-05
Credit grant
$50.00
Paid
2026-04-09
Credit grant
$50.00
Paid
2026-04-09
Credit grant
$300.00
Expiring 2027-04-10
2026-04-15
Credit grant
$250.00
Expiring 2027-04-16
2026-04-18
Credit grant
$250.00
Expiring 2027-04-19
2026-04-23
Credit grant
$250.00
Expiring 2027-04-24
2026-04-27
Credit grant
$250.00
Expiring 2027-04-28
2026-04-29
Credit grant
$250.00
Expiring 2027-04-30
2026-05-02
Credit grant
$250.00
Expiring 2027-05-03
2026-05-03
Credit grant
$250.00
Expiring 2027-05-04
2026-05-07
Credit grant
$250.00
Expiring 2027-05-08
2026-05-08
Credit grant
$250.00
Expiring 2027-05-09
2026-05-08
Credit grant
$250.00
Expiring 2027-05-09
2026-05-09
Credit grant
$250.00
Paid
2026-05-10
Credit grant
$250.00
Paid
2026-05-10
Credit grant
$250.00
Paid
2026-05-12
Credit grant
$250.00
Paid
2026-05-12
Credit grant
$250.00
Paid
2026-05-13
Credit grant
$250.00
Paid
2026-05-14
Credit grant
$250.00
Paid
2026-05-15
Credit grant
$250.00
Paid
Total visible
24 events
$5,005.00
Apr 1 → May 15, 2026
Breakdown by denomination
18 × $250.00 = $4,500.00
1 × $300.00 = $300.00
4 × $50.00 = $200.00
1 × $5.00 (free credits) = $5.00
Total funded: $5,005.00 across 24 grant events
Current state (2026-05-15, 08:20 ET)
Remaining credit balance: $259.55
Auto-reload: disabled
Billing system: Stripe-linked
Workspace billing mode: prepaid credit grants
Visible consumed amount from full invoice history: ~$4,745.45 in ~44 days
Average daily burn: ~$108/day on credits (sustained)
Cadence escalation: April started at $50 grants every 2–5 days; by May reload cadence reached 2 grants/day on May 8, 10, and 12 — consistent with running out of credit faster than top-up could keep pace.
Usage pattern (CSV-authoritative)
43 distinct days of usage from 2026-04-02 through 2026-05-15 — sustained continuous activity.
9 of top 10 highest-input days fall in May 2026 (cadence escalation visible above).
~94% cache-read input share — signature of repeated large-context referencing, not ordinary chat.
~50/50 split between Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.7 for input volume — consistent with parallel heavy-reconstruction + large-context-reasoning pipelines.
Primary-source CSV exports from the Anthropic console are published below for independent verification. SHA-256 hashes are listed so that counsel and reviewers can confirm byte-for-byte integrity.
The CSV-authoritative token volume, cache-breakdown signature, and credit-grant cadence together anchor an objective, third-party-verifiable record of sustained technical labor between 2026-04-02 and 2026-05-15. Anthropic's own billing and usage records are the primary source. The ~94% cache-read share is the distinctive fingerprint of large-context reconstruction work — not ordinary chat. This evidence supports continuity / mitigation / reconstruction-effort framing — not a standalone claim of misconduct by any third party.