Topic

Token and cost accounting

Tracking of the input, output and cached tokens that model calls consume, and the gap between token counts and what providers actually charge.

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DeepDeck's WebMCP ablation checks the OFF arm's tool list is empty before counting tokens

The DeepDeck benchmark runs one task twice, once with the WebMCP bundle installed and once with the tool list forced empty, freezing the model configuration in between and leaving correctness unscored unless you supply an answer you checked yourself.

Publishers:dev.to

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