# AgentReady

5 Hacker News commenters recommended AgentReady and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Compresses LLM prompts by stripping filler and duplicate text before they are sent, cutting token use about 40-60%. Critics object to routing API keys through its third-party proxy.

## Why people recommend it

- Cuts LLM token use substantially (2 comments): "Real numbers across 2.4M+ calls: 42% average reduction." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47232052)) "40-60% fewer tokens, same responses, same streaming" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47122136))
- Compression runs locally, keys stay yours (3 comments): "We receive text, compress it, and return it. Your LLM then processes it with your own keys." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47124905)) "compress tokens entirely on your local machine. Nothing leaves your environment." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47151577)) "And we NEVER ask for your LLM API keys." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47124751))

## What people warn about

- Wary of sending API keys through proxy (3 comments): "There's zero percent chance that I would proxy all my LLM calls with my API key through some third party service." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47124674)) "hesitant to provide a 3rd party virtually MITM access to both my LLM usage + API keys" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47124437)) "provide you our OpenAI key (via the X-Upstream-API-Key header)?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47125466))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [RTK](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rtk.md): 43 recommend
- [Sibyllinesoft Scribe](https://hackerapproved.com/p/scribe.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "AgentReady", https://hackerapproved.com/p/agentready/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).