Tokenomics: Quantifying Where Tokens Are Used in Agentic Software Engineering
Summary
The paper analyzes token consumption in LLM-based multi-agent software engineering (ChatDev) across the software development life cycle, revealing that Code Review consumes the majority of tokens (about 59.4%), with input tokens often dominating. It offers a methodology to predict costs and optimize agentic workflows, highlighting opportunities to reduce inefficiencies in token-based collaboration.