diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9317fbd..cf613bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Install `avante.nvim` using [lazy.nvim](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim):
 {
   "yetone/avante.nvim",
   event = "VeryLazy",
-  build = "make",
+  build = "make", -- This is Optional, only if you want to use tiktoken_core to calculate tokens count
   opts = {
     -- add any opts here
   },
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ For Windows users, change the build command to the following:
 {
   "yetone/avante.nvim",
   event = "VeryLazy",
-  build = "powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File Build-LuaTiktoken.ps1",
+  build = "powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File Build-LuaTiktoken.ps1", -- This is Optional, only if you want to use tiktoken_core to calculate tokens count
   -- rest of the config
 }
 ```
diff --git a/lua/avante/providers/claude.lua b/lua/avante/providers/claude.lua
index 77bf043..efce123 100644
--- a/lua/avante/providers/claude.lua
+++ b/lua/avante/providers/claude.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 local Utils = require("avante.utils")
-local Tiktoken = require("avante.tiktoken")
+local Tokens = require("avante.utils.tokens")
 local P = require("avante.providers")
 
 ---@class AvanteProviderFunctor
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ M.parse_message = function(opts)
     text = string.format("<code>```%s\n%s```</code>", opts.code_lang, opts.code_content),
   }
 
-  if Tiktoken.count(code_prompt_obj.text) > 1024 then
+  if Tokens.calculate_tokens(code_prompt_obj.text) > 1024 then
     code_prompt_obj.cache_control = { type = "ephemeral" }
   end
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ M.parse_message = function(opts)
       text = string.format("<code>```%s\n%s```</code>", opts.code_lang, opts.selected_code_content),
     }
 
-    if Tiktoken.count(selected_code_obj.text) > 1024 then
+    if Tokens.calculate_tokens(selected_code_obj.text) > 1024 then
       selected_code_obj.cache_control = { type = "ephemeral" }
     end
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ M.parse_message = function(opts)
     text = user_prompt,
   }
 
-  if Tiktoken.count(user_prompt_obj.text) > 1024 then
+  if Tokens.calculate_tokens(user_prompt_obj.text) > 1024 then
     user_prompt_obj.cache_control = { type = "ephemeral" }
   end
 
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ M.parse_response = function(data_stream, event_state, opts)
   end
 end
 
+---@param provider AvanteProviderFunctor
+---@param code_opts AvantePromptOptions
+---@return table
 M.parse_curl_args = function(provider, code_opts)
   local base, body_opts = P.parse_config(provider)
 
diff --git a/lua/avante/providers/init.lua b/lua/avante/providers/init.lua
index e9655f9..e7f298c 100644
--- a/lua/avante/providers/init.lua
+++ b/lua/avante/providers/init.lua
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ local Dressing = require("avante.ui.dressing")
 ---@field parse_response_data AvanteResponseParser
 ---@field parse_curl_args? AvanteCurlArgsParser
 ---@field parse_stream_data? AvanteStreamParser
+---@field parse_api_key fun(): string | nil
 ---
 ---@class AvanteProviderFunctor
 ---@field parse_message AvanteMessageParser
diff --git a/lua/avante/tiktoken.lua b/lua/avante/tiktoken.lua
index 7792662..bb2377a 100644
--- a/lua/avante/tiktoken.lua
+++ b/lua/avante/tiktoken.lua
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ local M = {}
 function M.setup(model)
   local ok, core = pcall(require, "tiktoken_core")
   if not ok then
-    print("Warn: tiktoken_core is not found!!!!")
     return
   end
 
diff --git a/lua/avante/utils/tokens.lua b/lua/avante/utils/tokens.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80c19b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/avante/utils/tokens.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+--Taken from https://github.com/jackMort/ChatGPT.nvim/blob/main/lua/chatgpt/flows/chat/tokens.lua
+local Tiktoken = require("avante.tiktoken")
+local Tokens = {}
+
+--[[
+  cost_per_token
+  @param {string} token_name
+  @return {number} cost_per_token
+]]
+local cost_per_token = {
+  davinci = 0.000002,
+}
+
+--- Calculate the number of tokens in a given text.
+-- @param text The text to calculate the number of tokens for.
+-- @return The number of tokens in the given text.
+function Tokens.calculate_tokens(text)
+  if Tiktoken.available() then
+    return Tiktoken.count(text)
+  end
+  local tokens = 0
+  local current_token = ""
+  for char in text:gmatch(".") do
+    if char == " " or char == "\n" then
+      if current_token ~= "" then
+        tokens = tokens + 1
+        current_token = ""
+      end
+    else
+      current_token = current_token .. char
+    end
+  end
+  if current_token ~= "" then
+    tokens = tokens + 1
+  end
+  return tokens
+end
+
+--- Calculate the cost of a given text in dollars.
+-- @param text The text to calculate the cost of.
+-- @param model The model to use to calculate the cost.
+-- @return The cost of the given text in dollars.
+function Tokens.calculate_usage_in_dollars(text, model)
+  local tokens = Tokens.calculate_tokens(text)
+  return Tokens.usage_in_dollars(tokens, model)
+end
+
+--- Calculate the cost of a given number of tokens in dollars.
+-- @param tokens The number of tokens to calculate the cost of.
+-- @param model The model to use to calculate the cost.
+-- @return The cost of the given number of tokens in dollars.
+function Tokens.usage_in_dollars(tokens, model)
+  return tokens * cost_per_token[model or "davinci"]
+end
+
+return Tokens