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A little tip to save tokens: When a particularly long process is finally completed after all the hard work

A little tip to save tokens: When a particularly long process is finally completed after all the hard work, there will definitely be something wrong with the whole process...

April 7, 2026 · 1 min read

A little tip to save tokens: When a particularly long process is finally completed after all the hard work, there will definitely be something wrong with the whole process, and the tokens burned behind it will be noisy.

Remember to ask more: Review this process, what areas can be optimized in the overall process, especially in terms of saving token costs?

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