DEFINITION + MEASUREMENT FRAMEWORK
Token Optimisation: Measure Useful Verified Work
A long-scroll visual companion to the article. It summarizes the article’s evidence boundary and method; it does not extend the underlying result.
At a glance
Evidence in scope
- Keep token fields distinct
- Compare matched work
- Retain failed attempts and review time
- Accept only against a declared verifier
Evidence boundary: Four separate dimensions are shown; there is no composite score or implied trade-off weight.
How to use the diagram
Declare the task, denominator, token boundary, runtime clock, verifier, failure handling, and unknown fields before comparing.
What this visual explains: Token optimisation is a measurement-first practice: improve resource use while preserving the quality and acceptance criteria that make work useful.
What it does not establish
No universal savings rate or measured winner is claimed by this definition.