Developers struggle with large language model outputs that contain unwanted jargon, excessive token usage, and poor prose, leading to inefficiencies and brand inconsistencies. TokenTidy provides a plug‑in that automatically filters banned terms, enforces stylistic rules, and trims token waste, giving teams clean, compliant LLM responses with minimal effort.
Quantitative Score Breakdown
complaint frequency
1.5
growth rate
9
competition density
10.5
monetization potential
9
technical feasibility
7.5
search interest
4.8
Evidence Signal (1)
Raw Complaint Log
hn • r/hackernews
Comment on: Clean up Claude 5's token vomit with a separate LLM
Very interesting you identified “carries” as well. I have been working on a claude.md to effectively ban this as well as forms of “hold”, “spells”, “sitting”, using “where” instead of “when” (except in SQL), and “pins” other than when pinning an assumption or version of something. This has helped a bit, but Opus 5’s prose is really quite bad.
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Developers struggle with large language model outputs that contain unwanted jargon, excessive token usage, and poor prose, leading to inefficiencies and brand inconsistencies. TokenTidy provides a plug‑in that automatically filters banned terms, enforces stylistic rules, and trims token waste, giving teams clean, compliant LLM responses with minimal effort.
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