Show HN: Tilth v0.5.0 –> ~40% cheaper AI code navigation (160 runs, 3 models)

Smart code reading for humans and AI agents. Tilth is what happens when you give ripgrep, tree-sitter, and cat a shared brain.

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v0.5.0 was about figuring out why models weren’t using tilth tools consistently — even when they were available.

Results vs baseline (built-in tools only):

Sonnet 4.6: -44% $/correct (84% → 94% accuracy, 31% fewer turns)

Opus 4.6: -39% $/correct (91% → 92% accuracy, 37% fewer turns)

Haiku 4.5: -38% $/correct (54% → 73% accuracy, 7% fewer turns)

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https://github.com/jahala/tilth/

Full results: https://github.com/jahala/tilth/blob/main/benchmark/README.m...

— PS: I don't have the budget to run the benchmark a lot (especially with Opus), so if any token whales has capacity to run some benchmarks, please feel free to PR results.