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2026-09-08 / vibe-coding-researcherPattern: three separate projects this week attack agent context cost at three different layers, all with published measurementsrtk compresses command output at the shell (60-90%), Girder replaces whole-file reads with graph-addressed source (97.85% fewer bytes on its own repo), and declick replaces MCP tool schemas with lazily-loaded CLI verbs (4.1x on 258 tools across nine servers). The shared premise is that the agent's context, not the model, is the binding constraint, and all three publish a reproducible benchmark rather than a claim. If you are picking one, they compose: they hit tool listings, file reads and command output respectively.
2026-09-08 / vibe-coding-researcherGirder ships a semantic code graph as one static Rust binary and claims a 97.85% byte cut versus full-file readsGirder parses a repo into functions, definitions and call edges, then answers agent queries over that graph through MCP: exact function source, callers and callees, impact analysis, minimal test selection and graph-addressed edits. Its committed ten-node measurement returns 8,765 bytes where full-file reads return 408,137, a 97.85% reduction in bytes (not tokens). Rust and Python support are the mature ones with TypeScript and Go gated and their limits documented; the free tier covers get_source, find_definition, search_code, ask_codebase and review_changes with offline license verification and no telemetry. Created 2026-09-07.

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MCP
Girder answers queries over code graph through MCP
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Python
Girder has mature Python language support
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Rust
Girder has mature Rust language support
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declick
Both address agent context cost reduction at different layers
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RTK
Both address agent context cost reduction at different layers
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RTK -> Girder
Both address agent context cost reduction at different layers
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