implicit-token-savings

Bias every coding session toward the smallest command that answers the real question.

Prefer inventories, summaries, scoped searches, and path-selective test commands before full file dumps, wide diffs, or whole-repo test runs.

Decision Tree

What do you need right now?

• Repo shape, top-level files, or candidate paths

  • Start with ls -1, tree -L 2, or rg --files
  • Read references/filesystem.md

• A specific symbol, literal, stack trace, or TODO

  • Start with rg -n
  • Read references/filesystem.md