Can a coding agent use 57–85% less fresh model traffic without losing task success? I open-sourced my experiment
Summary
The author open-sources an execution and context layer for coding agents that cuts fresh model traffic by 57-85% while preserving task success in paired smoke tests on GPT-5.6 and Claude Opus 5, and seeks independent evaluation and sponsorship.
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