Redcon - Token Savings for AI Coding Agents

Deterministic context budgeting for AI coding agents. Rank, compress, and pack repository context under explicit token limits - and watch how many tokens (and dollars) redcon saves you, directly in your editor.

Redcon Analytics dashboard

Features

Savings panel

The activity bar view leads with what matters: cumulative tokens and dollars saved, a per-run trend, and your last run - one click opens the full dashboard. Below it, a live run feed: every run shows the tokens that actually went to the agent against the gray would-be total, the cut percentage, age and a risk dot. Click any run to inspect it.

Plug and play: agent runs appear by themselves

Runs arrive automatically. Whenever an agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Codex, Gemini) or the CLI packs context, redcon mirrors the run report into .redcon/runs/ and the extension picks it up live - panel, status bar and dashboard update with zero clicking. Manual packs live in the view title bar and the command palette.

Analytics dashboard

Brand-new in 0.9.0, implementing the Redcon Analytics design:

cumulative savings hero with per-run trend and dollar estimate
KPI cards with budget threshold ticks and quality risk states
budget utilization and strategy share donuts
shared-scale token impact chart (packed vs saved per file)
packed context and file rankings tables
light and dark theme aware; six data accent presets

Status bar, decorations, CodeLens

live token usage and tokens saved in the status bar
relevance score badges on files in the Explorer
compression strategy and savings above each packed file: Redcon: snippet | 400/1200 tok (-67%)

Getting started

Install this extension.
Install the CLI: pip install redcon
In your project: redcon init - one command registers the MCP server for your agents, installs hooks and writes redcon.toml. (The extension's setup checklist can do this for you too.)
Work normally. Runs land in the panel by themselves.

Commands

Command	What it does
`Redcon: Pack Context`	pack context for a task under the token budget
`Redcon: Plan - Rank Files`	rank files by task relevance
`Redcon: Plan Agent Workflow`	plan context across a multi-step workflow
`Redcon: Open Dashboard`	open the analytics dashboard
`Redcon: Doctor - Check Environment`	diagnose CLI, extras and MCP registration
`Redcon: Initialize Config`	run `redcon init`
`Redcon: Copy Context to Clipboard`	copy the packed context
`Redcon: Sync Context to Agents`	write context files for agents
`Redcon: Export Context`	export the packed context to a file
`Redcon: Benchmark Strategies`	compare packing strategies
`Redcon: Simulate Agent Cost`	estimate workflow token cost
`Redcon: Check Token Drift`	compare token estimates across runs
`Redcon: Install Redcon & Set Up MCP`	guided CLI install
`Redcon: Register MCP Server`	register MCP for detected agents
`Redcon: Open Configuration`	open `redcon.toml`
`Redcon: Quick Start Guide`	open the docs

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
`redcon.cliCommand`	`redcon`	CLI command or path to executable
`redcon.pythonPath`	`python`	Python used by the guided installer
`redcon.defaultMaxTokens`	`30000`	token budget for pack commands
`redcon.defaultTopFiles`	`25`	maximum number of ranked files
`redcon.configPath`	auto	path to `redcon.toml`
`redcon.autoRefreshOnSave`	`false`	re-run plan on save
`redcon.showStatusBar`	`true`	budget gauge in the status bar
`redcon.showFileDecorations`	`true`	score badges in the Explorer
`redcon.showCodeLens`	`true`	strategy CodeLens above files
`redcon.costPerMillionTokens`	`3.0`	USD per million input tokens for dollar estimates
`redcon.display.primaryMetric`	`tokens`	leading number: `tokens` or `dollars`
`redcon.display.dataAccent`	`red`	data mark accent: red, blue, violet, crimson, wine, gradient
`redcon.budget.policy`	`auto-raise`	budget policy shown on the dashboard: auto-raise, strict-cap, ask-first
`redcon.views.showMiniDashboard`	`true`	savings card on top of the sidebar
`redcon.views.showRecentRuns`	`true`	run feed in the sidebar
`redcon.views.showSetup`	`true`	setup checklist while setup is incomplete
`redcon.dashboard.showKpis`	`true`	KPI cards row
`redcon.dashboard.showDonuts`	`true`	budget and strategy donuts
`redcon.dashboard.showImpact`	`true`	token impact chart
`redcon.dashboard.showTables`	`true`	packed context and rankings tables
`redcon.contextSync.enabled`	`true`	generate agent context files after runs
`redcon.contextSync.autoSyncOnPack`	`true`	sync automatically after each pack
`redcon.contextSync.targets`	claude, cursor, copilot	which agents get context files
`redcon.contextSync.maxFiles`	`30`	max files in the context map

Requirements

VS Code 1.85+
Python 3.10+ with pip install redcon (the setup checklist can install it for you)
A trusted workspace (the extension runs the CLI against your files)

Redcon - Token Savings for AI Coding Agents

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Redcon - Token Savings for AI Coding Agents

Features

Savings panel

Plug and play: agent runs appear by themselves

Analytics dashboard

Status bar, decorations, CodeLens

Getting started

Commands

Settings

Requirements

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