STATUS: OPTIMIZED
COMPRESSION_EVENTS: 0
TOKENS_PURGED: ~75%
jqbit / TLDR

Verdict first.
Filler never.

A semantic constraint engine for AI coding agents. Forces communication into minimal-token, verdict-first answers while preserving technical accuracy.

❯ npx -y github:jqbit/TLDR -- --all
01 // Compression Matrix

The Lithic Payload Diff

Visualize the exact tokens purged by the TLDR protocol. Technical imperatives are retained; conversational padding is annihilated.

Payload: React Re-render Diagnosis 69 Tokens → 19 Tokens
"The reason your React component is re-rendering is likely because you're creating a New object reference on each render cycle. When you pass an inline object as a prop, React's shallow comparison sees it as a different object every time, which triggers a = new ref = re-render. I'd recommend using Wrap in useMemo to memoize the object."
02 // Empirical Data

Token Latency Reduction

Average reduction of 65% across standard software engineering tasks. Reasoning tokens remain unaffected; only the output payload is compressed.

Explain React re-render bug
159/1180 87%
Fix auth token expiry
121/704 83%
Debug PostgreSQL race condition
232/1200 81%
Explain git rebase vs merge
292/702 58%
Review PR for security
398/678 41%
03 // Lexical Ruleset

Execution Architecture

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Pleasantry Annihilation
Standard LLMs waste compute on sycophantic hedging: "I'd be happy to help," or "It might be worth considering." TLDR protocol identifies and destroys these patterns at the generation layer.
✍️
Code Preservation
Code blocks, Git commits, and PR descriptions bypass prose compression. TLDR writes normal code.
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Nomenclature Integrity
Technical jargon is retained precisely. "Polymorphism" remains "polymorphism." TLDR not stupid. TLDR efficient.
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Scientific Backing
Based on the March 2026 paper "Brevity Constraints Reverse Performance Hierarchies in Language Models". Forcing brevity improves accuracy by 26 percentage points on key benchmarks. Less word = more correct.
04 // Interface

Initialize Protocol

System ready. Establishing connection to Claude Code Env...
Installing plugins via marketplace...
claude plugin install tldr@tldr
Trigger the protocol:
/tldr
Verdict first.
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