Usage 0.25.3: Token Saver stays strict all conversation long, and spirits

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FEATURE

Token Saver stays strict all conversation long, and spirits are here to stay

"Token Saver" (renamed from "Terse Mode" so the benefit is obvious at a glance) now keeps saving your quota no matter how long the conversation runs. Previously, Claude would forget the initial instruction deep into a session and its replies would balloon in length (up 84% in real tests); now, enabling this installs a hook that quietly injects a terse nudge with every single message you send, successfully keeping late-conversation replies about 40% shorter. Existing installations will pick this up automatically (Claude Code only). Additionally, the phoenix and dragon spirit animations are now always on—the toggle to dismiss them is gone, and they will permanently accompany your percentages. It's like hiring an assistant who used to only tell you "keep it brief" at the start of a meeting, letting you ramble as time went on, but now quietly nudges you under the table every time you speak; and that assistant now stays by your side full-time instead of clocking out.

Original changelog

Original changelogToken Saver stays strict all conversation long, and spirits are here to stay

**Token Saver now holds up in long conversations**: enabling it also installs a per-message reminder hook (`usage_terse_reminder.py`, UserPromptSubmit) that re-injects a one-line terse nudge with every message you send. In an A/B test on real Claude sessions the start-of-session instruction alone drifted badly — late-conversation replies grew +84% (603 → 1108 chars) — while the tail reminder held them steady (538 → 674), keeping late replies ~40% shorter. Existing installs pick the new hook up automatically via self-heal. Claude Code only (Codex CLI has no UserPromptSubmit equivalent).
**"Terse Mode" is renamed "Token Saver"** in the menu across all five languages — the name now states the benefit instead of the mechanism.
**Spirit critters are now always on**: the phoenix/dragon animation lives permanently beside the percentages; the "Summon Spirits / Dismiss Spirits" toggle is gone.