GitHub's Copilot team found that compressing tool output can backfire: agents reopened original outputs or reran commands to recover removed details, making tasks slower despite shorter responses. The author speculates that the same "local metric trap" applies to developer prompts, arguing that brief prompts like "Fix the bug in payment.js" invite follow-up questions. Suggested practices include sharing source code directly and testing assistant behavior after editing instruction files.
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