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In this cost breakdown, user input and attachments account for 21.6%, Shell command output 6.1%, subagents 2.1%, file reads 1.2%, search (grep/glob) 0.1%, MCP and other tools 0.1%, and web scraping 0.0%.
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Medium-term (~90 days)
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10/19/2026
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Valid until: 1/17/2027
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