Agent Rule Turns 700KB of File Reads Into 3.6KB

The context-mode project documented an agent that replaced 47 file reads totaling 700KB with a single script returning 3.6KB, per its GitHub repository. That's the bulk of the context load removed for a task agents typically handle by reading everything first. For builders running agents across many files, that's the gap between a full context window and one with room to spare.

This technique, which the project calls Think in Code, has the agent write and run a script that computes the answer. That replaces reading files into context and reasoning over them directly. The project says no installation is required, only a different way of phrasing a multi-file question.

Most context bloat in agent work comes from reading before computing, not from files being large. The number worth watching is how often that same default shows up once other agents' call logs get checked.

Coverage of the context-mode repository was dated August 16, 2026.