Token Optimization

Overview

Reducing token usage is rarely a single trick — it's a stack of small wins applied at the right layer. This skill is a triage map: it diagnoses where the tokens are going (system prompt, conversation history, tool results, agent loops, output verbosity), then points to the matching tactic. The correct optimization target is tokens-per-task, not tokens-per-request: a one-shot 12k-token prompt that solves the problem beats a 2k-token loop that takes 30 turns. Apply tactics in order: measure first, then cache, then compress, then route, then trim output.

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