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Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00029 | $0.00691 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00015 | $0.00345 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00006 | $0.00138 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00003 | $0.00069 |
Grade A, and why
Simplification Cascades scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 12d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
This is a copy
86% identical to Simplification Cascades — 24 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 83 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Simplification Cascades
Overview
Sometimes one insight eliminates 10 things. Look for the unifying principle that makes multiple components unnecessary.
Core principle: "Everything is a special case of..." collapses complexity dramatically.
Quick Reference
| Symptom | Likely Cascade |
|---|---|
| Same thing implemented 5+ ways | Abstract the common pattern |
| Growing special case list | Find the general case |
| Complex rules with many exceptions | Find the rule that has no exceptions |
| Excessive config options | Find defaults that work for 95% |
| Refactoring feels like whack-a-mole | A deeper unifying model is missing |
The Pattern
Look for:
- Multiple implementations of similar concepts
- Special case handling everywhere
- "We need to handle A, B, C, D differently..."
- Complex rules with many exceptions
Ask: "What if they're all the same thing underneath?"
Examples
Cascade 1: Stream Abstraction
Before: Separate handlers for batch/real-time/file/network data Insight: "All inputs are streams — just different sources" After: One stream processor, multiple stream sources Eliminated: 4 separate implementations
Cascade 2: Resource Governance
Before: Session tracking, rate limiting, file validation, connection pooling (all separate) Insight: "All are per-entity resource limits" After: One ResourceGovernor with 4 resource types Eliminated: 4 custom enforcement systems
Cascade 3: Immutability
Before: Defensive copying, locking, cache invalidation, temporal coupling Insight: "Treat everything as immutable data + transformations" After: Functional programming patterns Eliminated: Entire classes of synchronization problems
Cascade 4: Event Sourcing
Before: Audit log, undo history, cache invalidation, notification triggers (all wired separately) Insight: "Everything is an event — store events, derive state" After: Event store + projections replace all 4 systems
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 12d ago First seen · 83 lines · 29 tokens per session scan A 1c0a2993afb8
Simplification Cascades is a skill published in the GitHub repository huuanh20/awesome-ai-agent-skills (1 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 29 tokens to every session and 691 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 86% identical to Simplification Cascades, differing in 24 lines, and is treated as a copy.
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