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CATCH #866 DETECTED AUG 20, 2026 16:16 UTC
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Aug 20, 2026 16:16 UTC hacker news https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49375996
A discussion is gaining traction on Hacker News about using a separate LLM to clean up perceived 'token vomit' from Claude 5.

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seeing some chatter on hn about claude 5's verbosity and people building tools to tidy up its output with another llm.

is claude 5 a bit too verbose for anyone else? a new project aims to 'clean up' its token vomit using a second llm.

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HN story climbing fast:
title: Clean up Claude 5's token vomit with a separate LLM
points: 30 in 0.8h = 36 pts/hr
link: https://github.com/zachahn/vomit
discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49375996

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