Claude Token Configuration

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Saturday, January 17, 2026

Users are exploring environment variables within Claude's settings to manipulate token limits for output and "thinking" processes.

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@OlivierDDRolivier

does this work to force higher thinking tokens? ~/.claude/settings.json { "env": { "CLAUDE_CODE_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS": "64000", "MAX_THINKING_TOKENS": "31999" } }

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