Tokalator: Open-Source Context Engineering Toolkit for AI Coding Assistants
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Addresses the practical problem that AI coding assistants operate within finite context windows (128K–1M tokens as of early 2026) but offer limited tooling for monitoring token consumption. Tokalator provides a VS Code extension and CLI for real-time token tracking, context budget visualization, and optimization strategies. Open-source toolkit directly relevant to developers managing context in Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot.