Outcome

Cut token costs by half

Without context, agents make mistakes and burn tokens on corrections. Unblocked gives them the full picture up front, so production-ready code costs less.

Without Unblocked
20.9M tokens
With Unblocked
10.8M tokens
48% fewer tokens for the same task.

The experiment

We ran the same engineering task twice: once with Unblocked and once without it, using the same coding agent, codebase, and prompt.

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Task: Introduce adaptive thinking mode for supported Claude 4.6 models while maintaining backwards compatibility with existing code using the deprecated budget_token method.

The results with Unblocked

48%Fewer tokens
60%Cost Savings
75%Fewer correction cycles

Token savings

With full context on dependencies and consumption patterns, the agent produced code without expensive searching or discarded output.

Without Unblocked
20.9M tokens
With Unblocked
10.8M tokens

Cost savings

Tokens translate to budget line items. At Claude Sonnet pricing, the same task cost $12 more. At scale across a team, that difference compounds quickly.

Without Unblocked$20.30
With Unblocked$8.09

Reduced rework

With connected understanding of module dependencies, API consumption patterns, and backwards compatibility requirements, the agent produced production-ready code on its first attempt.

Without Unblocked
Broke backwards compatibility
12 compilation failures
Cascading module breaks
Quality Bar Failed
With Unblocked
Backwards compatibility preserved
Tests pass across modules
Matches team patterns
Quality Bar Passed