cc-text — How Much Does Claude Actually Say?

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73.4%

of Claude's turns produce no visible text
tool-only 53.7% + thinking-only 19.7%

2,266

Sessions

269K

Total turns

Median chars

235

Mean chars

Assistant turn types

What does Claude output in each turn?

tool-only

53.7%

executes silently

thinking

19.7%

thinks silently

text-only

26.6%

says something

Text length tiers (when Claude speaks)

Of the 26.6% of turns that include text

micro

47.2%

one-liner (<50 chars)

ack

38.2%

acknowledgment 50–199

explain

11.6%

explanation 200–999

essay

2.9%

essay 1000+

median 53 chars · mean 235 chars · p90 316 chars

What this means

73% of turns are silent — Claude executes (54%) or thinks (20%) without saying a word
When Claude speaks, it's brief — 47% of text turns are under 50 chars. Just "Done." or a one-liner
Only 3% are essays (1000+ chars) — long explanations are genuinely rare
Mean (235) >> Median (53) — a few verbose responses skew the average significantly
Thinking (19.7%) — invisible reasoning. Claude works without speaking more than you'd think