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Blast Radius

Blast Radius predicts which code and context a prompt will reach, then reversibly archives unused history. Across seven OpenAI models, it cut token consumption by 17–26%.

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Blast Radius manages coding-agent memory by estimating a prompt’s reach across context and code. Across **seven OpenAI models**, it reduced token use by **17–26%** while keeping archived context byte-exact and reversible.

Practical Implication

For long-running agents, consider eviction policies that archive rather than summarize context, and track repeated transcripts separately. The paper classified **378 of 450** evicted records as recurring dead matter.

Agent-Ready Context
Blast Radius manages coding-agent memory by estimating a prompt’s reach across context and code. Across **seven OpenAI models**, it reduced token use by **17–26%** while keeping archived context byte-exact and reversible.

For long-running agents, consider eviction policies that archive rather than summarize context, and track repeated transcripts separately. The paper classified **378 of 450** evicted records as recurring dead matter.

The evidence comes from the authors’ tested policies and models. **Zero archived records were recalled**, but that observation does not establish how eviction behaves across other repositories, workflows, or longer horizons.
Context Map
contextcoding#context-engineering#context-caching#agent-memory
Uncertainty
The evidence comes from the authors’ tested policies and models. **Zero archived records were recalled**, but that observation does not establish how eviction behaves across other repositories, workflows, or longer horizons.