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 "generated": "2026-10-24",
 "id": "rtk-ai-rtk--cut-agent-token-use-from-command-output",
 "repo": "rtk-ai/rtk",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk",
 "repo_slug": "rtk-ai-rtk",
 "title": "Cut your coding agent's token use from command output",
 "page_title": "How to cut Claude Code token use with RTK",
 "summary": "Install RTK and hook it into your agent so command output is compressed before it hits context.",
 "who": "A developer whose agent burns context on long test and git output.",
 "problem": "Verbose command output fills the context window.",
 "outcome": "Smaller command outputs and a dashboard of savings.",
 "steps": [
  "Install with `brew install rtk` (or `winget install rtk-ai.rtk`)",
  "Hook it into Claude Code with `rtk init -g`",
  "Check with `rtk --version` and `rtk gain`",
  "Work as usual and watch the savings"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Install rtk-ai/rtk, run `rtk init -g` for Claude Code, do a session with tests and git commands, then report `rtk gain` savings.",
 "agents": [
  "claude-code"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Beginner",
 "time": "15 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The full and OSS editions install a binary with the same name, so install only one.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "rust",
 "requirements": [
  "macOS, Linux or Windows",
  "A supported coding agent"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": true,
 "score": 1.0,
 "evidence": [],
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