Last time I said: saving tokens isn't about cutting docs, it's about using your tools right. Someone followed up: so how exactly do you use them right?
This one's hands-on, with real numbers. Here's the headline figure: I checked my local rtk gain—a tool that tracks token savings—and across six thousand-plus commands, it's saved 7.4 million tokens, 82%. Not an estimate. It logged them one by one.
So let me break it down: how that 82% gets saved.
Saving tokens happens "before things hit the context"
First, where the saving happens.
