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RTK rule-based compression
A fixed, rule-driven method for stripping tokens from tool output before it reaches the model, one of the compression arms tested in a large paired-cost study.
also written as rtk
Related terms
RTK-ML ranked compressionA machine-learning variant that ranks tool-output tokens by estimated importance before removing the lowest-ranked ones, tested against a rule-based baseline in the same study.view termheadroom proxy compressionA compression arm that estimates how much a payload can shrink using a proxy signal rather than measuring actual cost impact, and which raised paired cost the most in testing.view termpaired runA measurement protocol that runs the same task set with a change enabled and disabled against identical starting conditions, then compares total cost or outcome between the two arms.view term
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