Your Old AI Instructions Are Costing You Tokens (AI & Oats #57)

Old project instructions can consume tokens before you have asked your AI agent to do anything. I explain why I audit repeated rules and stale context, alongside the model and workflow choices I use to make my usage go further. I also discuss coordinating parallel agents, getting another agent to check work, and planning substantial jobs before granting full access. These are the approaches I use with Codex and Claude Code, rather than a benchmark of guaranteed savings. SEE HOW AI COULD WORK FOR YOUR BUSINESS Work with me to find out where AI could help your business, and what to do next: https://duxai.co.uk/contact JOIN ALISTAIR'S AI OPERATORS Step-by-step lessons on Claude Code, Codex and practical AI systems: https://www.skool.com/alistairs-ai-op... CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 00:53 Coordinating parallel AI agents 03:13 Getting AI work checked 05:03 Making your AI usage go further 06:25 Auditing old instructions and context 09:06 Planning before full access 10:30 Wrap-up