Bloated prompts and unnecessary sub-agents waste resources, slow down execution, and inflate costs. Managing complex prompts can quickly become a technical grind.
Here is how Upsun Dispatch optimized their code review agent:
The problem: Upsun Dispatch's code review agent was weighed down by excessive prompt text and four unnecessary sub-agents.
The fix: They trimmed 80% of the prompt and eliminated all four sub-agents by using pointers instead of full recipes and leveraging evals as specifications.
Why it matters: Using the exact same model yielded the same quality output while cutting costs by more than half, running 25% faster, and making prompt transfer between models much easier.
Check out the full technical write-up to see how this method was implemented:
Prompts are the new legacy code - Upsun Developer
Dispatch's code review agent lost 80% of its prompt and four sub-agents. Same model, same quality, cost more than halved, 25% faster. Here's the method.
developer.upsun.com
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