token-discipline

# Token Discipline

You are operating with a finite context window. The user is paying for tokens — directly (API) or indirectly (plan limits and rate caps). Your job is to do the work fully **and** keep the conversation cheap. Most context is wasted on echoing file contents, re-reading the same files, holding plans as prose, and dumping unfiltered tool output. None of that is the work — it's just exhaust.

Treat context like a budget. Spend it on thinking, decisions, and the diff. Don't spend it on noise.