And Token Efficient Refinement
This skill optimizes prompts for smaller token usage, reducing costs and improving efficiency in AI interactions.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add and-token-efficient-refinement npx -- -y @trustedskills/and-token-efficient-refinement
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"and-token-efficient-refinement": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/and-token-efficient-refinement"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill optimizes prompts to minimize token consumption during AI interactions. By refining input structures, it directly reduces operational costs while maintaining interaction efficiency without sacrificing core functionality.
When to use it
- Managing high-volume chat sessions where cumulative token costs are a concern.
- Deploying models with strict context window limits or expensive pricing tiers.
- Automating workflows that require frequent, repetitive AI queries.
- Optimizing legacy prompts that contain unnecessary verbosity or redundancy.
Key capabilities
- Reduces overall token usage in prompt engineering.
- Lowers financial costs associated with API calls.
- Improves efficiency by stripping non-essential data from inputs.
Example prompts
- "Refine this verbose instruction set to use fewer tokens while keeping all logical constraints."
- "Optimize the following system prompt for maximum token efficiency without losing intent."
- "Rewrite this user query to be more concise and reduce the token count by at least 20%."
Tips & gotchas
Ensure that token reduction does not strip away critical context required for accurate model responses. Always validate the refined output against original requirements to confirm no logical meaning was lost during optimization.
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