Coding agents generate unnecessary code and bloated inter-agent handoffs
A builder describes coding agents repeatedly writing unneeded code, narrating obvious logic, and passing bloated JSON between steps, driving up token costs. The post promotes an existing free tool built to address this, citing named prior-art skills.
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