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Developer cuts LLM prompt tokens by 70% with custom DSL

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A developer has created a custom Domain Specific Language (DSL) for system prompts, significantly reducing token usage by up to 70%. This DSL replaces verbose English instructions with a more compact, machine-friendly syntax. Experiments showed that this compressed format, similar to structured data like JSON or code, was effectively understood by models like Gemini, maintaining high output quality despite the drastic reduction in prompt length. AI

IMPACT This technique could significantly reduce inference costs and improve efficiency for LLM applications by minimizing token usage.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes a novel method for optimizing LLM prompts, which is a tool or technique rather than a core model release or research paper.

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Developer cuts LLM prompt tokens by 70% with custom DSL

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Kiran Reddy Duvvuru ·

    I Reduced My System Prompt Tokens by 70% Using a Custom Prompt DSL

    <p><em>What if we've been writing prompts the wrong way?</em></p> <p>For the last two years, the AI community has focused on writing better prompts.</p> <p>We've all written prompts that look something like this:</p> <blockquote> <p>You are an expert product strategist, UX design…

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