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In multi-turn conversations, all previous context is resent as input each time, so redundant code generated early on continues to incur token costs in every subsequent round.
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Medium-term (~90 days)
Relevance
7/2/2026
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Valid until: 9/30/2026(expired)
Sources
Ponytail Plugin: The Minimalist Philosophy That Makes AI Coding Agents Write Less Code
bilibiliNixAI6/20/2026
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