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/architect: Reduce Fable tokens by 80%, Fable orchestrates/reviews, Codex builds

80% token reduction. A new open-source agent architecture just cut LLM costs for code generation—and it's shipping on GitHub.

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Why it matters

An emerging open-source pattern shows how orchestration + specialized models (Fable for planning, Codex for building) can dramatically reduce inference costs. Relevant to builders optimizing AI agent economics.

The key facts

8 to know
  1. 80% token reduction claimed

  2. Architecture: Fable orchestrates/reviews, Codex builds

  3. Open-source on GitHub (architect-loop)

  4. Published June 2026

  5. 21 HN points, 11 comments (modest traction)

  6. Published as open-source on GitHub by DanMcInerney

  7. Hacker News discussion (21 points, 11 comments)

  8. Published June 12, 2026

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Publisher excerpt: Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 21 # Comments: 11
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