How devs are cutting AI agent token spend: self-hosted routers and plugins
onetwothreefish · reddit · 2026-09-09
A developer asked Reddit how teams keep agent token costs down, sharing a setup that uses RTK to manage context bloat and Ramp's token spend management to track and cap usage.
Common recommendations include self-hosting an API router and token-saving plugins like ponytail. Useful for anyone running agent workflows who wants to trim inference bills.
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