# Curious Endeavor Lite - #rpt Channel Summary

## Overview
This channel documents Curious Endeavor's effort to optimize token spending across their Research & Development operations. The conversation focuses on identifying wasteful token consumption patterns and implementing structural fixes to improve efficiency in their AI-assisted workflow.

## Key Decisions & Outcomes
- **Identified major token burn areas** in research and development processes
- **LEARNINGS.md audit**: Archive resolved rules; consolidate from ~200 lines to ~50 lines
- **Research brief template**: Cap at 3 sources maximum, verify all URLs load, enforce hard token limits per sub-agent
- **Dev brief template**: Shift to surgical, line-specific edits (e.g., "edit lines 45-60") instead of broad "rebuild this section" requests
- **Sub-agent timeout enforcement**: Research limited to 120 seconds max; Development limited to 300 seconds max

## Active/Open Items
- Implementation of timeout enforcement across sub-agents (appears incomplete in the conversation)
- Rollout of new brief templates to development teams
- Ongoing monitoring of token usage post-implementation

## Key Links & References
- **LEARNINGS.md** (internal documentation file requiring audit)
- Research brief template (in development)
- Dev brief template (in development)