The original title is about Claude Code's token usage and how a developer cut their bill in half using a tool called Lynkr.

Short summary

Claude Code and similar AI coding tools waste tokens on unnecessary tool schemas, raw JSON payloads, and routing simple questions to expensive models. A developer built Lynkr, an open-source proxy that classifies requests, optimizes JSON via TOON format, caches repeated queries, and intelligently routes simple tasks to local models while reserving expensive backends for complex work. Benchmarks show ~50% token savings; setup is three commands, everything self-hosted.

• •Tool schemas and raw JSON payloads are the largest hidden token costs in agentic coding systems
• •Lynkr intelligently routes requests (local for simple, cloud for complex) and optimizes JSON, saving ~50% on typical workloads
• •Open-source proxy, self-hosted, setup in three commands

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