Poco AI / benchmarks

We take the padding. Not the signal.

Real commands, real documents, counted with the same tokenizer your model uses.

Commands

35.5%

median saving

We drop the command output the conversation never needed.

The numbers →

Commands / receipts

ls -la src/
541 → 12676.7%
uv pip list
1,221 → 48060.7%
git show HEAD
12,603 → 6,81345.9%

Measured with the o200k_base tokenizer, against what the agent would have read without Poco.

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Files

Up to 70%

Documents are converted into AI-friendly formats.

The method →

Files / method

PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and HTML all become Markdown before the model reads them.

A PDF is the hungriest of them, and gives back the most: up to 70% fewer tokens, with the content intact.

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MCP servers

One command prices every MCP server you have installed, and flags the ones you never call.

The method →

MCP servers / method

A server's tool definitions sit in the always-loaded system prompt. You pay for them every turn, called or not.

We price each server, then show you the ones you never call.

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Beta

Prompt

Your prompt, rewritten to say the same thing in fewer tokens.

The method →

Prompt / method

Much of a prompt is written for a reader who isn't there. Throat-clearing, hedging, restated context, politeness: the model pays for all of it and needs none of it.

We cut the scaffolding and keep the instruction.

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Questions

How much does Poco AI reduce token usage on shell commands?

A median of 35.5% across real commands.

How much does Poco save on documents like PDFs?

Up to 70% fewer tokens. PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and HTML files are converted to Markdown before the model reads them, and PDFs see the largest reduction.

Can Poco tell me which MCP servers are wasting tokens?

Yes. A server's tool definitions sit in the always-loaded system prompt, so you pay for them every turn whether you call them or not. Poco prices every installed MCP server and flags the ones you never call.

Does Poco rewrite my prompts to save tokens?

Yes, in beta. Poco rewrites your prompt to say the same thing in fewer tokens - cutting scaffolding like restated context, hedging, and politeness while keeping the instruction. It doesn't have a measured saving in Claude Code yet, which is why no percentage is quoted for it.