Roast your credit card statements to cut subscriptions

This user asked Claude to roast his credit card statements. Claude pointed out the overlap among his streaming services, and he says he now spends about $100 a month less on subscriptions.

Tool: Claude
Source: @andru_h_a on X
Source date: Jun 21, 2025

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Starter prompt

Here are my last 3 months of card transactions. Find every recurring subscription, group the ones that overlap, and estimate the monthly total. Be blunt about which ones I barely seem to use, and give me a list of things to cancel or downgrade, with the savings for each.