Update READMEs to reflect social cost proxy capabilities

Fix stale compute cost estimate ($500-1000 → $50-100), update toolkit
descriptions to mention social cost proxies, aggregate dashboard, and
review delta tool.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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## Why
A single long conversation with a frontier LLM consumes on the order of
100-250 Wh of energy, emits 30-80g of CO2, and costs $500-1000 in
100-250 Wh of energy, emits 30-80g of CO2, and costs $50-100 in
compute. Most of this cost is invisible to the user. This project makes
it visible.
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- **[impact-toolkit/](impact-toolkit/)** — A ready-to-install toolkit
for [Claude Code](https://claude.ai/claude-code) that automatically
tracks token usage, energy, CO2, and cost on each context compaction.
Includes a manual annotation tool for recording positive impact.
tracks environmental, financial, and social cost proxies on each
context compaction. Includes aggregate dashboards and a review delta
tool for measuring human oversight of AI-generated code.
- **[CLAUDE.md](CLAUDE.md)** — Instructions for an AI assistant to
pursue net-positive impact: estimate costs before acting, maximize

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# Claude Code Impact Toolkit
Track the environmental and financial cost of your Claude Code
Track the environmental, financial, and social cost of your Claude Code
conversations.
## What it does