# Cursor Pro Fast-Request Overage Fix: Prune 58% Discovery Tokens

> **Direct Answer (October 2026 Verified Scenario)**: Replacing a monolithic .cursorrules file with a <500-token Root CLAUDE.md Table of Contents and glob-scoped .cursor/rules/*.mdc modules cuts per-turn discovery context from 28,400 to 11,920 tokens (-58.0%), extending 500 Cursor Pro fast requests from 9 days to a full 30-day billing cycle and saving $312.50/mo across a 5-engineer team.

- **Canonical URL**: https://pulse-forge.io/scenario/cursor-fast-request-overage-fix
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- **Trigger Symptom**: 500 fast requests exhausted in 9 days on >80k LOC repositories
- **Root Cause**: Unpruned node_modules, lockfiles, and monolithic >1,500-token .cursorrules force Composer to re-index 28,400+ tokens/turn.
- **Baseline Context Tokens/Turn**: `28,400` -> **Hardened**: `11,920` (`-58%`)
- **5-Engineer Monthly Savings**: `$312.50/mo`
- **Recommended Reference Repo**: `cline/cline` (https://pulse-forge.io/launch-kit?repo=cline/cline)