Table of Contents

• When to Use
• Required TodoWrite Items
• Step 1: Establish Current Baseline
• Step 2: Narrow the Scope
• Step 3: Instrument Before You Optimize
• Step 4: Throttle and Sequence Work
• Step 5: Log Decisions and Next Steps
• Output Expectations

CPU/GPU Performance Discipline

When To Use

• At the beginning of every session (auto-load alongside token-conservation).
• Whenever you plan to build, train, or test anything that could pin CPU cores or GPUs for more than a minute.
• Before retrying a failing command that previously consumed significant resources.