ColGrep-Agent cuts Claude Code API tokens 34.3% and cost from 7.3¢ to 4.4¢ per question
IgorCarron · x · 2026-10-12
LightOn plugged ColGrep-Agent into Claude Code (Sonnet 5.5) and compared grep, ColGrep, ColGrep-Agent, and a Balanced mode on 52 code-search questions across 13 recent repos to avoid memorization.
- 34.3% fewer API tokens vs grep; savings on 88% of questions
- Cache-aware API cost dropped from 7.3¢ to 4.4¢ per question
- Single-location questions saved up to 46.3%
- The 2B model runs locally, so its own tokens are free
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