Token Conservation Workflow

When To Use

• Run at the start of every session and whenever prompt sizes or tool calls begin to spike.
• Mandatory before launching long-running analyses, wide diffs, or massive context loads.

When NOT To Use

• Context-optimization already handles the scenario
• Simple queries with minimal context

Required TodoWrite Items

1. token-conservation:quota-check
2. token-conservation:context-plan
3. token-conservation:delegation-check
4. token-conservation:compression-review
5. token-conservation:logging

Step 1 – Quota Check (quota-check)

• Record current session duration and weekly usage (from /status or notebook).