From eb3407ef1e56c4e46e2c27d133b521bddce7479f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Experimenting With Computers
 <1908752+makefunstuff@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:27:43 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] docs(readme): advertise dated harness cost table (pipe vs
 agents)


From 06f24e11d6547de1d829fce86b3290093bda0f27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Experimenting With Computers
 <1908752+makefunstuff@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:27:55 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs(readme): Harness cost table (dated pipe vs agents)

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 README.md | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 986a7c7..8534814 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -102,11 +102,21 @@ clank --system @prompts/review-sh.md -c script.sh -m "review the script"
 
 ## Keeping it fast
 
-**2026-09-22 one-shot** (same `opencode-go/glm-5.3-flash`, tools off): clank ~5
-MB / 0.75 s vs omp ~371 MB / 3.4 s, pi ~177 MB / 2.2 s, OpenCode ~562 MB / 5.7 s
-— pipe stage vs agent harness; dated record in
-[docs/history/clank-vs-agents-2026-09-22.md](docs/history/clank-vs-agents-2026-09-22.md).
+### Harness cost (dated)
+
+**2026-09-22** one-shot on the same Go model (`opencode-go/glm-5.3-flash`),
+tools off, prompt `→ pong`. This is **pipe vs agent CLI**, not a quality
+benchmark — agent harnesses still pay TUI/runtime tax with `--no-tools`.
 
+| | wall median | peak RSS |
+|---|---:|---:|
+| **clank** (pipe) | **0.75 s** | **~5 MB** |
+| pi | 2.2 s | ~177 MB |
+| omp | 3.4 s | ~371 MB |
+| opencode | 5.7 s | ~562 MB |
+
+Full method, caveats, and runs:
+[docs/history/clank-vs-agents-2026-09-22.md](docs/history/clank-vs-agents-2026-09-22.md).
 
 The model is the constraint (clank's own share is 1 ms of startup), so the lever
 is the tokens you pay for: