{"ref":"content:devtoberfest-2026-token-efficiency","page":"/content/devtoberfest-2026-token-efficiency","json":"/content/devtoberfest-2026-token-efficiency.json","generated":"2026-10-27","drafted_with_ai":true,"entity":{"id":"devtoberfest-2026-token-efficiency","content_type":"talk","title":"Token Efficiency – Your Guide To Smart AI Development","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=238nMtOUZWY","published":"2026-10-08","published_on":"source:youtube","author":"SAP Developers","summary":"A Devtoberfest 2026 session from two engineers on SAP's business AI platform team on where a coding agent's tokens go: the read-decide-act loop behind one request, what the context command shows is occupying the window — 22,700 tokens of tool definitions against 1,800 of project instructions in their example — and the habits of compacting with a hint, clearing between tasks, choosing model and reasoning effort per job, and handing a large investigation to a sub-agent so only its summary comes back. It reaches [agent guidance](capability:agent-guidance) through the part on skills: a skill holds the reusable instructions for one kind of work and is disclosed progressively, a short description in the window and the detailed file read when it is relevant, rather than every occasional procedure sitting in the always-loaded project instructions. The demo runs on Claude Code against a generated warehouse-management project, with a custom status line showing context, session cost and a self-set budget.","short":"Where a coding agent's tokens go and how to spend fewer","explains":["capability:agent-guidance"],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=238nMtOUZWY","title":"Token Efficiency — what a skill is","checked":"2026-10-19","quote":"A skill packages reusable instructions for a particular kind of work."},{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=238nMtOUZWY","title":"Token Efficiency — progressive disclosure","checked":"2026-10-19","quote":"The assistant can see a short description of the skill, then load the detailed instructions when that skill is relevant."},{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=238nMtOUZWY","title":"Token Efficiency — where the specialised material belongs","checked":"2026-10-19","quote":"Give each skill a clear description of when to use it."}],"provenance":{"discovered_via":[{"source":"source:youtube","channel":"devtoberfest-2026"}],"first_seen":"2026-10-19"},"drafted_with_ai":true},"readings":{"liveness":[{"label":"Checked against the source","tier":"unknown","evidence":"nobody has checked it"},{"label":"Source reachable","tier":"unknown","evidence":"not crawled"},{"label":"Age","tier":"good","evidence":"published this month"}],"compatibility":[{"label":"Version","tier":"unknown","evidence":"no version declared"},{"label":"Moved since?","tier":"good","evidence":"no recorded change after 2026-10-08"},{"label":"Findings","tier":"good","evidence":"none flagged"}],"reach":[{"value":null,"unit":"views"},{"value":null,"unit":"comments"},{"value":null,"unit":"likes"}]},"signals":null,"series":null,"edges":{"authors":[]}}