Optimizing Work with Astra: Recommendations from OpenAI
Optimizing Work with Astra: Recommendations from OpenAI
OpenAI shared useful tips for optimizing work with Astra, which can help reduce token costs.
OpenAI released a very useful material explaining how to work correctly with Astra.
Settings like AGENTS.md can simply be aligned with the recommendations from this article. This helps to reduce unnecessary actions of Astra during operation and decrease token consumption.
I recommend inserting the following prompt into Codex to check and optimize your settings with one request:
Based on the article below, check AGENTS.md and Skills for settings that may lead to unnecessary work, instruction conflicts, or unnecessary waiting. Explain the reasons and suggest minimal changes. https://developers.openai.com/blog/rethinking-skills-and-prompts-for-gpt-6-astra
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AnalysisThis is important because optimizing settings can significantly reduce costs associated with using AI models, making them more efficient for users.
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