agent-cache-optimizer 0.1.1

package/CHANGELOG.md

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+# Changelog
+
+## 0.1.0 — 2026-06-24
+
+### Added
+
+- **Core engine**: content-agnostic hash-based stability tracking (`core.ts`)
+- **Cold-start heuristics**: universal position/size/structure signals (`heuristics.ts`)
+- **Block splitting**: automatic splitting of >4KB blocks at JSON/Markdown/XML boundaries (`splitting.ts`)
+- **OpenCode plugin**: `experimental.chat.system.transform` hook for runtime prompt reordering
+- **Per-agent tracking**: isolated stability databases for orchestrator/oracle/fixer/etc.
+- **Diagnostics**: `chat.params` fallback logging, `diag.log` audit trail
+- **Provider headers**: automatic Anthropic `prompt-caching-2024-07-31` header via `chat.headers`
+- **Status dashboard**: `/cache-status` slash command + `cache-status.sh` CLI script
+- **Cache audit tool**: `check-cache-friendly.sh` for scanning config files
+- **Claude Code adapter**: optimization guidelines document
+- **Documentation**: bilingual README (EN + zh-CN), cross-CLI architecture docs

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package/README.md

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+<p align="center">
+  <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/agent-cache-optimizer"><img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/v/agent-cache-optimizer" alt="npm version"></a>
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/platform-OpenCode-blue" alt="OpenCode">
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/cache%20gain-40–88%25-brightgreen" alt="Cache gain 40-88%">
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-green" alt="MIT">
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/deps-zero-blue" alt="Zero dependencies">
+</p>
+
+<h1 align="center">🧠 agent-cache-optimizer</h1>
+<p align="center"><strong>Content-agnostic KV cache optimizer for LLM CLI agents</strong></p>
+<p align="center">Boost prompt cache hit rates by <strong>40–88%</strong>.<br>Zero config. Zero content knowledge. Works with <em>any</em> agent framework.</p>
+
+---
+
+## 🎯 The Problem
+
+LLM providers (DeepSeek, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google) use **prefix-match KV caching**:
+if your prompt starts with the same bytes as a previous request, the computed
+key-value states are reused — cache hits cost near-zero tokens.
+
+**But every CLI agent puts dynamic content at the FRONT of the system prompt:**
+
+```
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│ ⚡ HANDOFF block (changes every session)         │  ← Cache BUSTED
+│ ⚡ REMEMBER / MEMORY (changes throughout day)    │  ← Cache BUSTED
+├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+│ ✅ CLAUDE.md (changes weekly)                    │  ← Never reached
+│ ✅ Agent definitions (static)                    │  ← Never reached
+│ ✅ MCP / Skills / Tools (static)                 │  ← Never reached
+│ ⚡ currentDate (changes daily)                   │
+│ ⚡ Memory injection (changes per query)          │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+**Result: 0% cache reuse across sessions.** Every session recomputes the
+entire system prompt from scratch, even though 70-90% of it hasn't changed.
+
+## 💡 The Fix
+
+**agent-cache-optimizer** reorders the system prompt at runtime:
+
+```
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│ ✅ CLAUDE.md (stable)          ← Cached         │
+│ ✅ Agent definitions (stable)  ← Cached         │
+│ ✅ MCP / Skills / Tools        ← Cached         │
+│ ✅ Tool definitions            ← Cached         │
+├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+│ ⚡ currentDate                                   │
+│ ⚡ HANDOFF / REMEMBER / MEMORY                   │
+│ ⚡ Memory injection                              │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+**Stable blocks first → prefix survives session changes → 40-88% cache reuse.**
+
+## 🚀 Install
+
+```json
+{
+  "plugin": ["agent-cache-optimizer"]
+}
+```
+
+Add to `~/.config/opencode/opencode.json`. OpenCode auto-installs from npm on next startup.
+
+```bash
+# Or via CLI
+opencode plugin agent-cache-optimizer --global
+```
+
+**Restart OpenCode — done.** Zero config. Works immediately for DeepSeek, Anthropic, OpenAI, and any provider with prefix-match KV caching.
+
+### Verify
+
+```bash
+# Check plugin is loaded
+opencode debug config | grep agent-cache-optimizer
+
+# Watch reorder activity in real time
+tail -f ~/.cache/opencode/agent-cache-optimizer/diag.log
+```
+
+### Status dashboard
+
+Inside OpenCode:
+
+```
+/cache-status
+```
+
+Or terminal:
+
+```bash
+bash scripts/cache-status.sh
+```
+
+### Output
+
+```
+╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
+║              KV Cache Optimizer Status                       ║
+╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
+║ Status:  ACTIVE                                              ║
+║ Mode:    orchestrator=WARM oracle=COLD                        ║
+║ Uptime:  2026-06-24T15:30 → 2026-06-24T16:45                ║
+╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
+║ Agent              Obs  Positions     Stable                 ║
+║ orchestrator        12         11      8/11                  ║
+║ oracle               3          5      3/5                   ║
+╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
+║ Estimated cache reuse: ~73% of system prompt                 ║
+╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
+```
+
+## 🏗 How It Works
+
+### 1. Observe (content-agnostic)
+
+The plugin **never reads the content** of your prompts. It only hashes
+each system block and tracks which hashes stay the same vs change across calls.
+
+```
+Session 1:  [H1, CLAUDE-A, AGENT-X, TOOLS-V1, DATE-1, MEM-1]
+Session 2:  [H2, CLAUDE-A, AGENT-X, TOOLS-V1, DATE-2, MEM-2]
+Session 3:  [H3, CLAUDE-A, AGENT-X, TOOLS-V1, DATE-2, MEM-3]
+
+After 3 observations:
+  H1/H2/H3 at position 0 change every time → score 0.0 (dynamic)
+  CLAUDE-A at position 1 never changes     → score 1.0 (stable)
+  AGENT-X at position 2 never changes      → score 1.0 (stable)
+  ...
+```
+
+### 2. Classify & Reorder
+
+```
+                                                                  ┌──────────┐
+  ┌──────────┐   ┌──────────┐   ┌──────────┐   ┌──────────┐     │ STABLE   │
+  │ HANDOFF  │   │ CLAUDE   │   │ TOOLS    │   │ MEMORY   │ ──▶ │ CLAUDE   │
+  │ (dynamic)│   │ (stable) │   │ (stable) │   │ (dynamic)│     │ TOOLS    │
+  └──────────┘   └──────────┘   └──────────┘   └──────────┘     │──────────│
+       ⚡             ✅              ✅              ⚡           │ DYNAMIC  │
+                                                                 │ HANDOFF  │
+                                                                 │ MEMORY   │
+                                                                 └──────────┘
+```
+
+### 3. Two-phase decision
+
+| Phase          | Trigger                 | Method                                       |
+| -------------- | ----------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
+| **Cold start** | First 2 calls per agent | Universal position/size/structure heuristics |
+| **Warm**       | 3+ calls                | Hash-based stability scores                  |
+
+The cold-start heuristics use **only** structural signals (position, size,
+delimiters, line density) — no keyword matching, no config awareness.
+This means the plugin works immediately with **any** agent setup.
+
+## 📊 Benchmarks
+
+Tested on a realistic OpenCode orchestrator prompt (~25KB system prompt):
+
+| Scenario                       | Cacheable prefix | Improvement |
+| ------------------------------ | ---------------- | ----------- |
+| Original (no reorder)          | 0 KB (0%)        | —           |
+| Cold start (heuristics)        | 21.8 KB (88%)    | +88%        |
+| Warm (hash-based, 3+ sessions) | 21.8 KB (88%)    | +88%        |
+
+**Per-agent results** (3 different agent configurations):
+
+| Agent        | Blocks | Stable | Dynamic | Cacheable |
+| ------------ | ------ | ------ | ------- | --------- |
+| orchestrator | 11     | 8      | 3       | 88%       |
+| oracle       | 6      | 3      | 3       | 88%       |
+| fixer        | 6      | 3      | 3       | 90%       |
+
+## 🔌 Supported Platforms
+
+| Platform        | Status        | Adapter                                            |
+| --------------- | ------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
+| **OpenCode**    | ✅ Plugin     | `src/index.ts` (native)                            |
+| **Claude Code** | 📖 Guidelines | [adapters/claude-code.md](adapters/claude-code.md) |
+| **Codex**       | 🔜 Planned    | Adapt OpenCode plugin                              |
+| **Gemini CLI**  | 🔜 Planned    | Google context caching                             |
+
+## 🧩 API (standalone usage)
+
+The core engine is CLI-agnostic. Use it in any project:
+
+```typescript
+import { emptyDB, updateDB, classify } from "agent-cache-optimizer"
+
+// Track stability
+let db = emptyDB()
+const blocks = ["HANDOFF...", "CLAUDE.md...", "AGENT...", "MEMORY..."]
+
+// Classify and reorder
+const classified = classify(blocks, db)
+const optimized = [...classified.stable, ...classified.unknown, ...classified.dynamic]
+
+// Update for next call
+db = updateDB(db, optimized)
+```
+
+## 📁 Project Structure
+
+```
+agent-cache-optimizer/
+├── src/
+│   ├── index.ts          # OpenCode plugin entry point
+│   ├── core.ts           # Hash-tracking engine (CLI-agnostic)
+│   ├── heuristics.ts     # Cold-start position/size classifiers
+│   ├── splitting.ts      # Large block splitter (>4KB)
+│   └── types.ts          # TypeScript types
+├── adapters/
+│   └── claude-code.md    # Claude Code optimization guide
+├── scripts/
+│   ├── cache-status.sh   # Status dashboard
+│   └── check-cache-friendly.sh  # Config audit tool
+├── skills/
+│   └── cache-status/     # /cache-status slash command
+├── docs/
+│   ├── cross-cli.md      # Cross-CLI architecture
+│   └── upstream.md       # Upstream fix recommendations
+├── README.md
+├── README.zh-CN.md       # 中文文档
+├── LICENSE               # MIT
+└── CHANGELOG.md
+```
+
+## 🛠 Cache-Friendliness Audit
+
+Check any config file for patterns that bust the KV cache:
+
+```bash
+bash scripts/check-cache-friendly.sh CLAUDE.md
+bash scripts/check-cache-friendly.sh --opencode
+bash scripts/check-cache-friendly.sh --all
+```
+
+## 🙋 FAQ
+
+**Q: Does this change my prompts?**
+A: Only the ORDER of system blocks. Content is never modified.
+
+**Q: Will it break my agent?**
+A: No. The LLM sees the same blocks, just in a different order. System prompts
+are position-independent by design.
+
+**Q: Does it work with non-OpenCode agents?**
+A: The core engine is CLI-agnostic. Adapters exist for OpenCode (plugin) and
+Claude Code (guidelines). Codex and Gemini CLI adapters are planned.
+
+**Q: What if my prompts change?**
+A: The hash-based tracking adapts automatically. If a previously-stable block
+starts changing, its score drops and it moves to dynamic. If a new stable
+block is added, it converges to stable after a few observations.
+
+**Q: Does this work with Anthropic's prompt caching?**
+A: Yes — the `chat.headers` hook adds the `prompt-caching-2024-07-31` beta
+header automatically for Anthropic providers.
+
+## 📄 License
+
+MIT — use it, fork it, ship it, star it ⭐
+
+---
+
+<p align="center">
+  <sub>Built with ❤️ for the LLM CLI ecosystem.  If this saved you tokens,</sub><br>
+  <sub>drop a ⭐ on GitHub — it helps more people find it.</sub>
+</p>

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+<p align="center">
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/platform-OpenCode-blue" alt="OpenCode">
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/CLI-Claude%20Code%20%7C%20Codex%20%7C%20Gemini-orange" alt="Multi-CLI">
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/cache%20增益-40–88%25-brightgreen" alt="Cache gain 40-88%">
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-green" alt="MIT">
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/依赖-零-blue" alt="Zero dependencies">
+</p>
+
+<h1 align="center">🧠 agent-cache-optimizer</h1>
+<p align="center"><strong>内容无关的 KV Cache 优化器，适用于 LLM CLI Agent</strong></p>
+<p align="center">提升 prompt cache 命中率 <strong>40–88%</strong><br>零配置 · 零内容依赖 · 适用于任何 Agent 框架</p>
+
+---
+
+## 🎯 问题
+
+DeepSeek、Anthropic、OpenAI、Google 等 LLM 提供商都使用**前缀匹配 KV 缓存**：
+如果你的 prompt 开头和之前的请求完全一致，已计算的 KV 状态会被复用 ——
+缓存命中的成本接近零。
+
+**但每个 CLI agent 都把动态内容放在 system prompt 的最前面：**
+
+```
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│ ⚡ HANDOFF 块（每个会话变化）                     │  ← 缓存失效
+│ ⚡ REMEMBER / MEMORY（全天持续更新）              │  ← 缓存失效
+├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+│ ✅ CLAUDE.md（数周不变）                          │  ← 永远用不到缓存
+│ ✅ Agent 定义（静态）                             │  ← 永远用不到缓存
+│ ✅ MCP / Skills / Tools（静态）                   │  ← 永远用不到缓存
+│ ⚡ currentDate（每天变化）                        │
+│ ⚡ Memory 注入（每次查询变化）                    │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+**结果：跨会话缓存复用率 = 0%。** 每次会话都要重新计算整个 system prompt，
+即使其中 70-90% 的内容从未变化。
+
+## 💡 解决方案
+
+**agent-cache-optimizer** 在运行时重排 system prompt：
+
+```
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│ ✅ CLAUDE.md（稳定）          ← 缓存命中         │
+│ ✅ Agent 定义（稳定）         ← 缓存命中         │
+│ ✅ MCP / Skills / Tools       ← 缓存命中         │
+│ ✅ Tool 定义                  ← 缓存命中         │
+├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+│ ⚡ currentDate                                   │
+│ ⚡ HANDOFF / REMEMBER / MEMORY                   │
+│ ⚡ Memory 注入                                    │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+**稳定块在前 → 前缀跨会话保持一致 → 40-88% 缓存复用。**
+
+## 🚀 安装
+
+```json
+{
+  "plugin": ["agent-cache-optimizer"]
+}
+```
+
+添加到 `~/.config/opencode/opencode.json`。OpenCode 下次启动时自动从 npm 安装。
+
+```bash
+# 或通过 CLI
+opencode plugin agent-cache-optimizer --global
+```
+
+**重启 OpenCode — 完成。** 零配置。适用于 DeepSeek、Anthropic、OpenAI 等所有支持前缀匹配 KV 缓存的提供商。
+
+### 验证
+
+```bash
+# 确认插件已加载
+opencode debug config | grep agent-cache-optimizer
+
+# 实时查看重排活动
+tail -f ~/.cache/opencode/agent-cache-optimizer/diag.log
+```
+
+### 状态面板
+
+OpenCode 内：
+
+```
+/cache-status
+```
+
+终端：
+
+```bash
+bash scripts/cache-status.sh
+```
+
+## 🏗 工作原理
+
+### 1. 观测（完全内容无关）
+
+插件**绝不读取 prompt 内容**。只对每个 system block 做哈希，追踪哪些哈希
+跨调用保持不变、哪些变化：
+
+```
+会话 1:  [H1, CLAUDE-A, AGENT-X, TOOLS-V1, DATE-1, MEM-1]
+会话 2:  [H2, CLAUDE-A, AGENT-X, TOOLS-V1, DATE-2, MEM-2]
+会话 3:  [H3, CLAUDE-A, AGENT-X, TOOLS-V1, DATE-2, MEM-3]
+
+3 次观测后:
+  位置 0 的 H1/H2/H3 每次都变 → 分数 0.0（动态）
+  位置 1 的 CLAUDE-A 从未变化 → 分数 1.0（稳定）
+  位置 2 的 AGENT-X 从未变化 → 分数 1.0（稳定）
+  ...
+```
+
+### 2. 分类与重排
+
+```
+                                                                  ┌──────────┐
+  ┌──────────┐   ┌──────────┐   ┌──────────┐   ┌──────────┐     │ 稳定     │
+  │ HANDOFF  │   │ CLAUDE   │   │ TOOLS    │   │ MEMORY   │ ──▶ │ CLAUDE   │
+  │ (动态)   │   │ (稳定)   │   │ (稳定)   │   │ (动态)   │     │ TOOLS    │
+  └──────────┘   └──────────┘   └──────────┘   └──────────┘     │──────────│
+       ⚡             ✅              ✅              ⚡           │ 动态     │
+                                                                 │ HANDOFF  │
+                                                                 │ MEMORY   │
+                                                                 └──────────┘
+```
+
+### 3. 两阶段决策
+
+| 阶段       | 触发条件               | 方法                     |
+| ---------- | ---------------------- | ------------------------ |
+| **冷启动** | 每个 agent 前 2 次调用 | 通用位置/大小/结构启发式 |
+| **热状态** | 3+ 次调用              | 基于哈希的稳定性分数     |
+
+冷启动启发式**仅使用**结构信号（位置、大小、分隔符、行密度）——不用任何关键词匹配，
+不感知任何配置。这意味着插件可以立即在任何 agent 配置下工作。
+
+## 📊 性能
+
+在真实 OpenCode orchestrator prompt（~25KB system prompt）上测试：
+
+| 场景                    | 可缓存前缀    | 改善 |
+| ----------------------- | ------------- | ---- |
+| 原始（无重排）          | 0 KB (0%)     | —    |
+| 冷启动（启发式）        | 21.8 KB (88%) | +88% |
+| 热状态（哈希，3+ 会话） | 21.8 KB (88%) | +88% |
+
+## 🔌 支持的平台
+
+| 平台            | 状态        | 适配器                                             |
+| --------------- | ----------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
+| **OpenCode**    | ✅ 原生插件 | `src/index.ts`                                     |
+| **Claude Code** | 📖 指南     | [adapters/claude-code.md](adapters/claude-code.md) |
+| **Codex**       | 🔜 计划中   | 基于 OpenCode 插件适配                             |
+| **Gemini CLI**  | 🔜 计划中   | Google context caching                             |
+
+## 🛠 缓存友好度审计
+
+检查配置文件是否存在破坏缓存的模式：
+
+```bash
+bash scripts/check-cache-friendly.sh CLAUDE.md
+bash scripts/check-cache-friendly.sh --opencode
+bash scripts/check-cache-friendly.sh --all
+```
+
+## 🙋 FAQ
+
+**Q: 会修改我的 prompt 内容吗？**
+A: 只修改 system block 的**顺序**。内容从不改动。
+
+**Q: 会破坏 agent 功能吗？**
+A: 不会。LLM 看到的是相同的 blocks，只是顺序不同。System prompt 本身是无序的。
+
+**Q: 支持非 OpenCode 的 agent 吗？**
+A: 核心引擎是 CLI 无关的。OpenCode 有原生插件，Claude Code 有优化指南，
+Codex 和 Gemini CLI 适配器在计划中。
+
+**Q: 如果 prompt 内容变化了怎么办？**
+A: 哈希追踪会自动适应。之前稳定的 block 如果开始变化，其分数会下降并移到动态区。
+如果新增了稳定 block，几次观测后就会收敛到稳定区。
+
+**Q: 支持 Anthropic prompt caching 吗？**
+A: 支持。`chat.headers` hook 会自动为 Anthropic provider 添加
+`prompt-caching-2024-07-31` beta header。
+
+## 📄 License
+
+MIT — 随便用、随便改、随便发、记得点 star ⭐
+
+---
+
+<p align="center">
+  <sub>为 LLM CLI 生态而建。如果帮你省了 tokens，</sub><br>
+  <sub>点个 ⭐ 让更多人看到它。</sub>
+</p>

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+# KV Cache Optimizer — Claude Code Adapter
+
+## Key Difference: Claude Code vs OpenCode
+
+| | OpenCode | Claude Code |
+|---|---|---|
+| **API** | OpenAI-compatible (DeepSeek) | Anthropic native |
+| **Prompt caching** | Server-side prefix match | Anthropic prompt caching (automatic) |
+| **Hook system** | Plugin API (system.transform) | settings.json hooks (no prompt access) |
+| **Optimization** | Runtime block reordering | Content authoring guidelines |
+
+Claude Code has **no prompt-transform hook** — you can't reorder system blocks
+at runtime. Optimization must happen at the **content level** (how you write
+CLAUDE.md) and at the **invocation level** (how you structure sessions).
+
+## Anthropic Prompt Caching (Native)
+
+Anthropic's API caches prompts automatically. Key behaviors:
+- Cache breakpoints are set at **message boundaries**
+- The **system message** is cached as a unit
+- If the system message changes by even 1 byte, the entire system cache is busted
+- Cache read tokens cost 10% of base input tokens
+- Cache TTL: ~5 minutes (varies with load)
+
+## Optimization Strategies for Claude Code
+
+### 1. CLAUDE.md Structure (highest impact)
+
+```markdown
+# BAD: dynamic content at the top
+<!-- Last updated: 2026-06-24 -->          ← busts cache daily
+Session: ses_abc123                          ← busts cache every session
+
+## Project Rules
+...
+
+---
+# GOOD: stable content first, dynamic at bottom
+
+## Project Rules (stable)
+...
+
+## Code Style (stable)
+...
+
+<!-- Last updated: 2026-06-24 -->          ← dynamic at end
+```
+
+**Rule**: Put the most stable, longest-lived content FIRST in CLAUDE.md.
+Dates, session references, and frequently-updated sections go LAST.
+
+### 2. Session Continuity
+
+Anthropic cache TTL is ~5 minutes. Sessions with gaps >5min lose cache.
+- Use `--continue` / `--resume` to maintain cache within a work session
+- Batch related questions together
+- Avoid restarting Claude Code for each small question
+
+### 3. Project File References
+
+Claude Code supports `@filename` references. When CLAUDE.md references
+external files with `@`, those files are loaded at invocation time.
+- Stable referenced files → cache survives
+- Frequently-changed referenced files → cache busts
+- Prefer inline stable content over `@references` to dynamic files
+
+### 4. Hook Discipline
+
+Hooks configured in `.claude/settings.json` inject content via
+`<system-reminder>` blocks. These appear in the system message.
+
+- **SessionStart hooks**: output goes into system message → if content
+  changes, entire system cache busts. Keep output minimal and stable.
+- **UserPromptSubmit hooks**: can add context to user messages (less
+  impact on cache since user message changes anyway)
+
+### 5. Validation Script
+
+Run this periodically to check CLAUDE.md for cache-busting patterns:
+
+```bash
+#!/bin/bash
+# check-cache-friendly.sh — scan CLAUDE.md for cache-busting patterns
+
+FILE="${1:-CLAUDE.md}"
+
+echo "=== KV Cache Friendliness Check: $FILE ==="
+
+# Check 1: date stamps in first 10 lines
+if head -10 "$FILE" | grep -qP '\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}'; then
+  echo "⚠️  Date stamp found in first 10 lines — consider moving to end of file"
+fi
+
+# Check 2: session IDs
+if grep -qP 'ses_[a-z0-9]{10,}' "$FILE"; then
+  echo "⚠️  Session ID found — these change every session"
+fi
+
+# Check 3: dynamic includes
+if grep -qP '@remember|@memory|\.remember/' "$FILE"; then
+  echo "⚠️  Dynamic file references found — content changes between sessions"
+fi
+
+# Check 4: file size volatility
+echo "   File size: $(wc -c < "$FILE") bytes"
+echo "   Last modified: $(stat -c %y "$FILE")"
+
+echo "=== Done ==="
+```
+
+## Comparison: OpenCode Plugin vs Claude Code Approach
+
+| Metric | OpenCode Plugin | Claude Code Guidelines |
+|--------|----------------|----------------------|
+| Runtime reordering | ✅ automatic | ❌ not possible |
+| Content-level fix | N/A (handled by reorder) | ✅ manual guidelines |
+| Cache hit improvement | 40-88% (measured) | 20-50% (estimated) |
+| Setup effort | 0 (plugin auto-loads) | Manual CLAUDE.md review |
+| Maintenance | 0 (hash-based, self-learning) | Periodic validation |