diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.ts
index 3457fdf0161..3aedfcb84a9 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ import {
 import { pruneProcessedHistoryImages } from "./history-image-prune.js";
 import { detectAndLoadPromptImages } from "./images.js";
 import type { EmbeddedRunAttemptParams, EmbeddedRunAttemptResult } from "./types.js";
+import { recordTokenUsage } from "../../usage-log.js";
 
 type PromptBuildHookRunner = {
   hasHooks: (hookName: "before_prompt_build" | "before_agent_start") => boolean;
@@ -2758,6 +2759,19 @@ export async function runEmbeddedAttempt(
           });
       }
 
+      recordTokenUsage({
+        workspaceDir: params.workspaceDir,
+        runId: params.runId,
+        sessionId: params.sessionId,
+        sessionKey: params.sessionKey,
+        provider: params.provider,
+        model: params.modelId,
+        label: "llm_output",
+        usage: getUsageTotals(),
+      }).catch((err) => {
+        log.warn(`token usage log failed: ${String(err)}`);
+      });
+
       return {
         aborted,
         timedOut,
diff --git a/src/agents/usage-log.ts b/src/agents/usage-log.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b3f63595793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/agents/usage-log.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import fs from "fs/promises";
+import path from "path";
+
+export type TokenUsageRecord = {
+  id: string;
+  taskId?: string;
+  label: string;
+  tokensUsed: number;
+  tokenLimit?: number;
+  inputTokens?: number;
+  outputTokens?: number;
+  cacheReadTokens?: number;
+  cacheWriteTokens?: number;
+  model?: string;
+  provider?: string;
+  runId?: string;
+  sessionId?: string;
+  sessionKey?: string;
+  createdAt: string;
+};
+
+function makeId() {
+  return `usage_${Date.now().toString(36)}_${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 8)}`;
+}
+
+async function readJsonArray(file: string): Promise<TokenUsageRecord[]> {
+  try {
+    const raw = await fs.readFile(file, "utf-8");
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+    return Array.isArray(parsed) ? (parsed as TokenUsageRecord[]) : [];
+  } catch {
+    return [];
+  }
+}
+
+export async function recordTokenUsage(params: {
+  workspaceDir: string;
+  runId?: string;
+  sessionId?: string;
+  sessionKey?: string;
+  provider?: string;
+  model?: string;
+  label: string;
+  usage?: {
+    input?: number;
+    output?: number;
+    cacheRead?: number;
+    cacheWrite?: number;
+    total?: number;
+  };
+}) {
+  const usage = params.usage;
+  if (!usage) return;
+  const total =
+    usage.total ??
+    (usage.input ?? 0) + (usage.output ?? 0) + (usage.cacheRead ?? 0) + (usage.cacheWrite ?? 0);
+  if (!total || total <= 0) return;
+
+  const memoryDir = path.join(params.workspaceDir, "memory");
+  const file = path.join(memoryDir, "token-usage.json");
+  await fs.mkdir(memoryDir, { recursive: true });
+
+  const entry: TokenUsageRecord = {
+    id: makeId(),
+    taskId: params.runId,
+    label: params.label,
+    tokensUsed: Math.trunc(total),
+    ...(usage.input  != null && usage.input  > 0 && { inputTokens:      Math.trunc(usage.input) }),
+    ...(usage.output != null && usage.output > 0 && { outputTokens:     Math.trunc(usage.output) }),
+    ...(usage.cacheRead  != null && usage.cacheRead  > 0 && { cacheReadTokens:  Math.trunc(usage.cacheRead) }),
+    ...(usage.cacheWrite != null && usage.cacheWrite > 0 && { cacheWriteTokens: Math.trunc(usage.cacheWrite) }),
+    model: params.model,
+    provider: params.provider,
+    runId: params.runId,
+    sessionId: params.sessionId,
+    sessionKey: params.sessionKey,
+    createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+  };
+
+  const records = await readJsonArray(file);
+  records.push(entry);
+  await fs.writeFile(file, JSON.stringify(records, null, 2));
+}