Developer @midudev highlights open-source RTK (github.com/rtk-ai/rtk): it intercepts terminal command output and compresses it before it reaches coding agents such as Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, and Codex, claiming about 70% token savings with automatic operation. Aimed at cutting token cost from verbose shell/log context in agent loops.

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  • ✓RTK intercepts and compresses terminal output before it hits the model.
  • ✓Claims ~70% token savings with automatic operation.
  • ✓Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Codex; open-source at rtk-ai/rtk.
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