Engineering
Mid-project: ask the chief to find token-burning loops and kill them
Agents chew tokens for half an hour on a ten-second job.
What hurt
iMagine Dreamz (@iCame4Grok) tip: talk with your primary Grok Bot about what burns tokens, bake reductions into its protocols, and have it evaluate workflow for waste mid-project. Periodic status audits catch agents stuck retrying loops. Not affiliated with xAI.
What to install or create
Chief reviews burn sources → protocol updates → mid-project waste audit → kill loops.
Bots
Chief auditor
Finds token waste and proposes protocol fixes mid-project.
Plugins
None on day one. Follow the first-run steps.
Routines
None on the first run. Watch one manual pass first.
The prompt
This is a tip, not a pasteable system prompt. The author did not publish one. Follow the first-run steps.
First run
- 1Read https://x.com/iCame4Grok/status/2111923256664183043 (credit @iCame4Grok).
- 2Ask your primary bot: list what burned the most tokens this week and why.
- 3Have it write anti-loop rules into its protocols (max retries, time boxes).
- 4Mid-project, ask for a status audit of running agents and kill stuck loops.
- 5Re-check usage after one day to confirm the burn dropped.
Approval fence
Stopping a runaway agent is fine; changing paid plans stays your decision.
What to tweak
Steal the mid-project audit ask; don't wait for the weekly bill shock.
Source
iMagine Dreamz @iCame4Grok · Original post
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