Glossary OTP

Token Efficiency Ratio

A metric measuring whether an operational rule saves more tokens than it costs to load into an agent's context. A ratio above 1.0 means the rule pays for itself. Below 1.0 means you are paying tokens to make the agent slower and more confused.

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