@neural_avb: The rtk library has saved 2.5M tokens across all my coding agents... in about 2 weeks! It's a library/skill teaches the…
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The rtk library saves 2.5M tokens across coding agents in 2 weeks by compacting shell command outputs, reducing token consumption.
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The rtk library has saved 2.5M tokens across all my coding agents… in about 2 weeks!
It’s a library/skill teaches the LLMs to use rtk to run shell commands. The shell output gets filtered, grouped, truncated.
Agents see compacted terminal outs -> less token consumption https://t.co/f6VDRGcrnv
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