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Tokalator: A Context Engineering Toolkit for Artificial Intelligence Coding Assistants

Vahid Farajijobehdar, İlknur Köseoğlu Sarı, Nazım Kemal Üre, Engin Zeydan

We present Tokalator, an open-source context engineering toolkit that provides real-time token budget monitoring, 11 slash commands, quality modeling calculators, and cost analysis tools for AI coding assistants. Supporting 17 large language models across three providers, the toolkit includes a VS Code extension, CLI, and usage tracker. Survey findings reveal that instruction-file injection and low-relevance open tabs are among the primary invisible budget consumers.