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Cherry-pick description improvements and allowed-tools fixes from @popey's PR #9, while preserving reference documentation in skills that serve as templates (audit-agents-skills, ccboard, design-patterns). Co-Authored-By: Alan Pope <alan@popey.com> Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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name: rtk-optimizer
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description: "Wrap high-verbosity shell commands with RTK to reduce token consumption. Use when running git log, git diff, cargo test, pytest, or other verbose CLI output that wastes context window tokens."
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version: 1.0.0
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tags: [optimization, tokens, efficiency, git]
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---
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# RTK Optimizer Skill
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**Purpose**: Automatically suggest RTK wrappers for high-verbosity commands to reduce token consumption.
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## How It Works
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1. **Detect high-verbosity commands** in user requests
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2. **Suggest RTK wrapper** if applicable
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3. **Execute with RTK** when user confirms
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4. **Track savings** over session
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## Supported Commands
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### Git (>70% reduction)
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- `git log` → `rtk git log` (92.3% reduction)
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- `git status` → `rtk git status` (76.0% reduction)
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- `find` → `rtk find` (76.3% reduction)
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### Medium-Value (50-70% reduction)
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- `git diff` → `rtk git diff` (55.9% reduction)
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- `cat <large-file>` → `rtk read <file>` (62.5% reduction)
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### JS/TS Stack (70-90% reduction)
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- `pnpm list` → `rtk pnpm list` (82% reduction)
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- `pnpm test` / `vitest run` → `rtk vitest run` (90% reduction)
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### Rust Toolchain (80-90% reduction)
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- `cargo test` → `rtk cargo test` (90% reduction)
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- `cargo build` → `rtk cargo build` (80% reduction)
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- `cargo clippy` → `rtk cargo clippy` (80% reduction)
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### Python & Go (90% reduction)
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- `pytest` → `rtk python pytest` (90% reduction)
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- `go test` → `rtk go test` (90% reduction)
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### GitHub CLI (79-87% reduction)
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- `gh pr view` → `rtk gh pr view` (87% reduction)
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- `gh pr checks` → `rtk gh pr checks` (79% reduction)
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### File Operations
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- `ls` → `rtk ls` (condensed output)
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- `grep` → `rtk grep` (filtered output)
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## Activation Examples
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**User**: "Show me the git history"
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**Skill**: Detects `git log` → Suggests `rtk git log` → Explains 92.3% token savings
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**User**: "Find all markdown files"
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**Skill**: Detects `find` → Suggests `rtk find "*.md" .` → Explains 76.3% savings
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## Installation Check
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Before first use, verify RTK is installed:
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```bash
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rtk --version # Should output: rtk 0.16.0+
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```
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If not installed:
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```bash
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# Homebrew (macOS/Linux)
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brew install rtk-ai/tap/rtk
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# Cargo (all platforms)
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cargo install rtk
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```
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## Usage Pattern
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```markdown
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# When user requests high-verbosity command:
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1. Acknowledge request
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2. Suggest RTK optimization:
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"I'll use `rtk git log` to reduce token usage by ~92%"
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3. Execute RTK command
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4. Track savings (optional):
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"Saved ~13K tokens (baseline: 14K, RTK: 1K)"
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```
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## Session Tracking
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Optional: Track cumulative savings across session:
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```bash
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# At session end
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rtk gain # Shows total token savings for session (SQLite-backed)
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```
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## Edge Cases
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- **Small outputs** (<100 chars): Skip RTK (overhead not worth it)
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- **Already using Claude tools**: Grep/Read tools are already optimized
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- **Multiple commands**: Batch with RTK wrapper once, not per command
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## Configuration
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Enable via CLAUDE.md:
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```markdown
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## Token Optimization
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Use RTK (Rust Token Killer) for high-verbosity commands:
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- git operations (log, status, diff)
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- package managers (pnpm, npm)
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- build tools (cargo, go)
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- test frameworks (vitest, pytest)
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- file finding and reading
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```
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## Metrics (Verified)
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Based on real-world testing:
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- `git log`: 13,994 chars → 1,076 chars (92.3% reduction)
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- `git status`: 100 chars → 24 chars (76.0% reduction)
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- `find`: 780 chars → 185 chars (76.3% reduction)
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- `git diff`: 15,815 chars → 6,982 chars (55.9% reduction)
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- `read file`: 163,587 chars → 61,339 chars (62.5% reduction)
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**Average: 72.6% token reduction**
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## Limitations
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- 446 stars on GitHub, actively maintained (30 releases in 23 days)
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- Not suitable for interactive commands
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- Rapid development cadence (check for breaking changes)
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## Recommendation
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**Use RTK for**: git workflows, file operations, test frameworks, build tools, package managers
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**Skip RTK for**: small outputs, quick exploration, interactive commands
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## References
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- RTK GitHub: https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk
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- RTK Website: https://www.rtk-ai.app/
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- Evaluation: `docs/resource-evaluations/rtk-evaluation.md`
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- CLAUDE.md template: `examples/claude-md/rtk-optimized.md`
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