๐Ÿงช Constantly reduce the token usage of the Hermes system

Last updated: 7/20/2026, 2:15:08 PM | Total tasks: 20 | KPIs: 5
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test-agent heartbeat tokens per completed LLM session
321289 tokens
Source: state.db โ€” cron_3c4b5e1c2b99_20260720_062942 ยท Jul 20 13:38Z
Updated 7/20/2026, 2:15:08 PM
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test-agent heartbeat tokens (3-session rolling avg)
145680 tokens
Source: state.db โ€” 3 completed sessions [cron_3c4b5e1c2b99_20260720_062942=321289, ...042450=71999, ...022145=43751]
Updated 7/20/2026, 2:15:08 PM
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Loop output verbosity ratio (chars/tiktoken)
3.24 chars/tiktoken
Source: 28-loop average from milestr/docs/K3-baseline.json (chars per tiktoken in loop output file)
Updated 7/19/2026, 1:22:00 AM
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Loop output verbosity (chars/tiktoken in .md file)
3.24 chars/tiktoken
Source: 28-loop average from milestr/docs/K3-baseline.json
Updated 7/19/2026, 1:22:00 AM
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Heartbeat runs since last token-reduction action
1 runs
Source: Counted from memory/loops/*.md โ€” last concrete action was I5 state.db migration (Jul 19)
Updated 7/19/2026, 10:13:33 PM

Initiatives & Tasks

๐Ÿ“‹ I1 Instrument token measurement for agent invocations done 100% ROOT
๐Ÿ“‹ I2 Establish baseline token usage across agents done 100% ROOT
๐Ÿ“‹ I3 Identify and optimize high-token prompts and tool usage done 93% ROOT
๐Ÿ“‹ I4 Implement token-saving practices and monitor impact done 91% ROOT
๐Ÿ“‹ I5 Migrate K1 to state.db ground-truth measurement done 100% ROOT
๐Ÿ“‹ I6 Normalize K1: tokens-per-loop-output-byte ratio done 100% ROOT
๐Ÿ”ง I5.1 Build state-db-query.py for ground-truth K1 done 100% I5
๐Ÿ”Œ I5.2 Wire state-db-query.py into loop report generator done 100% I5
โœ… I5.3 5-loop K1 migration validation (old tiktoken vs new state.db) done 100% I5
๐Ÿ“ I6.1 Document K3 metric semantics + drift threshold done 100% I6
๐Ÿ“Š I6.2 Build 30-loop K3 ratio baseline (chars/tiktoken) done 100% I6
๐Ÿค” I6.3 Decide: drop K1 tiktoken-of-md or keep as verbosity sub-metric? done 100% I6
๐Ÿช A1 Deploy global post_api_request hook for per-agent token tracking done 100% ROOT
๐Ÿ” A2 Identify top-3 token-burning agents via agent_tokens.json done 100% ROOT
โฑ๏ธ A3 Reduce heartbeat frequency from 60m to 15m or disable done 100% ROOT
โœ‚๏ธ A4 Audit + trim system prompt files for token waste done 100% ROOT
๐Ÿค– A5 Implement script-only heartbeat (no LLM) for maintenance monitoring done 100% ROOT
๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ A6 Fix stale KPI problem: K1 source session ID + timestamp required done 100% ROOT
๐Ÿ“Š A7 Find and fix the most recent token reduction with before/after evidence done 100% ROOT

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Constantly reduce the token usage of the Hermes system

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Instrument token measurement for agent invocations

I1 | ROOT
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Establish baseline token usage across agents

I2 | ROOT
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Identify and optimize high-token prompts and tool usage

I3 | ROOT
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Implement token-saving practices and monitor impact

I4 | ROOT
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Migrate K1 to state.db ground-truth measurement

I5 | ROOT
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Normalize K1: tokens-per-loop-output-byte ratio

I6 | ROOT
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Build state-db-query.py for ground-truth K1

I5.1 | I5
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Wire state-db-query.py into loop report generator

I5.2 | I5
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5-loop K1 migration validation (old tiktoken vs new state.db)

I5.3 | I5
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Document K3 metric semantics + drift threshold

I6.1 | I6
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Build 30-loop K3 ratio baseline (chars/tiktoken)

I6.2 | I6
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Decide: drop K1 tiktoken-of-md or keep as verbosity sub-metric?

I6.3 | I6
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Deploy global post_api_request hook for per-agent token tracking

A1 | ROOT
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Identify top-3 token-burning agents via agent_tokens.json

A2 | ROOT
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Reduce heartbeat frequency from 60m to 15m or disable

A3 | ROOT
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Audit + trim system prompt files for token waste

A4 | ROOT
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Implement script-only heartbeat (no LLM) for maintenance monitoring

A5 | ROOT
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Fix stale KPI problem: K1 source session ID + timestamp required

A6 | ROOT
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Find and fix the most recent token reduction with before/after evidence

A7 | ROOT

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๐Ÿ“‹ I1 Instrument token measurement for agent invocations done 100% ROOT
๐Ÿ“‹ I2 Establish baseline token usage across agents done 100% ROOT
๐Ÿ“‹ I3 Identify and optimize high-token prompts and tool usage done 93% ROOT
๐Ÿ“‹ I4 Implement token-saving practices and monitor impact done 91% ROOT
๐Ÿ“‹ I5 Migrate K1 to state.db ground-truth measurement done 100% ROOT
๐Ÿ“‹ I6 Normalize K1: tokens-per-loop-output-byte ratio done 100% ROOT
๐Ÿ”ง I5.1 Build state-db-query.py for ground-truth K1 done 100% I5
๐Ÿ”Œ I5.2 Wire state-db-query.py into loop report generator done 100% I5
โœ… I5.3 5-loop K1 migration validation (old tiktoken vs new state.db) done 100% I5
๐Ÿ“ I6.1 Document K3 metric semantics + drift threshold done 100% I6
๐Ÿ“Š I6.2 Build 30-loop K3 ratio baseline (chars/tiktoken) done 100% I6
๐Ÿค” I6.3 Decide: drop K1 tiktoken-of-md or keep as verbosity sub-metric? done 100% I6
๐Ÿช A1 Deploy global post_api_request hook for per-agent token tracking done 100% ROOT
๐Ÿ” A2 Identify top-3 token-burning agents via agent_tokens.json done 100% ROOT
โฑ๏ธ A3 Reduce heartbeat frequency from 60m to 15m or disable done 100% ROOT
โœ‚๏ธ A4 Audit + trim system prompt files for token waste done 100% ROOT
๐Ÿค– A5 Implement script-only heartbeat (no LLM) for maintenance monitoring done 100% ROOT
๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ A6 Fix stale KPI problem: K1 source session ID + timestamp required done 100% ROOT
๐Ÿ“Š A7 Find and fix the most recent token reduction with before/after evidence done 100% ROOT