Doing the same AI task with fewer tokens.
Token efficiency is packing for a trip with one carry-on. You bring socks, not a waffle maker.
It matters in prompts and long documents. It saves money, time, and context space.
Token
Token efficiency checks if each Token is worth it.
Ctx Compression
Ctx Compression keeps the useful parts and spends fewer tokens.
Token Tax
Low token efficiency means a higher Token Tax.
Prompt-engineering
Good Prompt-engineering helps the model take a shorter path.