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Re:Show HN: Docx-CLI: agents read/edit Word docs using 1/2 t... by simlevesque on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @03:25PM (#48822474)
I've done many custom low token output CLIs like this for my day job and it's something I expect to see much more of.
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Re:Show HN: Docx-CLI: agents read/edit Word docs using 1/2 t... by DenisM on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @11:36PM (#48827187)
How would you compare that approach to spawning sub agents to operate high-token tools?
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Re:Show HN: Docx-CLI: agents read/edit Word docs using 1/2 t... by kirillklimuk on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @02:39PM (#48925257)
If your goal is to use less overall tokens to solving a task, then spawning subagents is not the best idea.

Generally, they will have to use more tokens to reach the same outcome, per some research: https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.02460

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