---
id: token-efficiency
track: coding
version: 0.1.3
label: advisory
keyword: advise
where: text
sha256: 2ac1683e59b7bc765a4aef536cfd7b9eb47788e2198b2652038dfb322d21a65d
source: https://github.com/open-coder-ai/chock-catalog/tree/1e60d211c1bb767152c6ab0167932da06ab3a10f/base/token-efficiency
catalog_ref: 1e60d211c1bb767152c6ab0167932da06ab3a10f
---

# Token Efficiency

token-efficiency · version 0.1.3

Advisory — Advisory only. It is skill text, and nothing stops a violation. Chock adds friction. It is not a security boundary. 

In a git repo: in agent (The agent's hooks check this once chock sync sets them up. If the hook crashes, the action goes through.)



## What it does

Trigger: large command output, broad searches, re-reading unchanged files, front-loading references. avoid: wasting context window on low-signal content.

## Its label on each agent

- Claude Code (tested): Advisory — Advisory only. It is skill text, and nothing stops a violation. Builder: /coding/builder/#client=claude-code&p=token-efficiency
- Cursor (tested): Advisory — Text only in a plugin. Nothing in the plugin stops a violation. The plugin does not carry the enforcement the manifest declares. Builder: /coding/builder/#client=cursor&p=token-efficiency
- Codex (tested): Advisory — Text only in a plugin. Nothing in the plugin stops a violation. The plugin does not carry the enforcement the manifest declares. Builder: /coding/builder/#client=codex&p=token-efficiency
- GitHub Copilot (tested): Advisory — Text only in a plugin. Nothing in the plugin stops a violation. The plugin does not carry the enforcement the manifest declares. Builder: /coding/builder/#client=copilot&p=token-efficiency
- Devin (tested): Advisory — Text only in a plugin. Nothing in the plugin stops a violation. The plugin does not carry the enforcement the manifest declares. Builder: /coding/builder/#client=devin&p=token-efficiency
- Grok (tested): Not graded yet for Grok. Builder: /coding/builder/#client=grok&p=token-efficiency
- goose (tested): Not graded yet for goose. Builder: /coding/builder/#client=goose&p=token-efficiency
- Antigravity (tested): Not graded yet for Antigravity. Builder: /coding/builder/#client=antigravity&p=token-efficiency
- OpenHands (untested): Not graded yet for OpenHands. Builder: /coding/builder/#client=openhands&p=token-efficiency
- Kimi Code (untested): Not graded yet for Kimi Code. Builder: /coding/builder/#client=kimi-code&p=token-efficiency
- Factory Droid (untested): Not graded yet for Factory Droid. Builder: /coding/builder/#client=factory-droid&p=token-efficiency

## What it misses

This policy does not state what it misses.

## Latest change

0.1.3 · 2026-10-27 — Title wording only (IR-F40): "Token Efficiency Rule" is now "Token Efficiency". The id, guard and tests are unchanged.

## Provenance

- Tested by 0 of 7 cases run automatically
- SHA-256: `2ac1683e59b7bc765a4aef536cfd7b9eb47788e2198b2652038dfb322d21a65d`
- Catalog commit: https://github.com/open-coder-ai/chock-catalog/commit/1e60d211c1bb767152c6ab0167932da06ab3a10f
- Source: https://github.com/open-coder-ai/chock-catalog/tree/1e60d211c1bb767152c6ab0167932da06ab3a10f/base/token-efficiency (catalog path `base/token-efficiency`)
- Presets: Agent craft
- JSON: `/api/coding/policies/token-efficiency.json`
- Report a problem: https://chock.sh/report/?policy=token-efficiency&version=0.1.3&page=%2Fcoding%2Fpolicies%2Ftoken-efficiency%2F