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# B2B Engineering Team FinOps & Token-Tax ROI Report - `ml-explore/mlx`

- **Repository**: `https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx` (C++ • 14,200 KB)
- **Team Baseline**: 5 Engineers • 300 PRs/mo (1,800 agent turns/mo)
- **Unindexed Discovery Token Tax**: `34,080` tokens/turn (`$272.37/mo`)
- **Hardened Context + LiteLLM KV-Cache**: `14,313` tokens/turn (`$41.74/mo`)
- **Net Monthly FinOps Savings**: **`$230.63/mo`** (`-84.7%` cost reduction | **`$2,767.56/yr`**)
- **4-Pillar Score Lift**: `66.8/100 (C)` -> `95.6/100 (A+)` (`+28.8 pts`)

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# CLAUDE.md - Progressive-Disclosure Root TOC for `ml-explore/mlx` (<500 Tokens)
[![PulseForge Benchmark](https://pulse-forge.io/api/badge/ml-explore/mlx.svg?tier=community)](https://pulse-forge.io/audit/ml-explore/mlx)

> **Why <500 Tokens?** Frontier coding agents suffer instruction decay when root `CLAUDE.md` files exceed 800 tokens. Keep this root file as a strict Table of Contents and load scoped `.cursor/rules/*.mdc` modules only when editing matching paths.

## 1. Hard Context-Tree Pruning (Saves 19,767 Tokens/Turn | -58%)
- **NEVER read, grep, or index**: `build/, cmake-build-*/, third_party/, *.o, *.a, *.so, *.dylib, *.gguf`
- **Per-Turn Context Budget**: <= `14,313` tokens (Baseline unindexed: `34,080` tokens/turn).
- **File Cap**: Keep every module < 1,000 lines; query symbol signatures before reading files > 250 lines.

## 2. Progressive-Disclosure Rule Modules (Load On-Demand)
- `/.cursor/rules/architecture.mdc` -> C++ module boundaries, schema validation (`GGUF / FlatBuffers strict tensor header bounds & ASan/UBSan memory checks`).
- `/.cursor/rules/security-and-tests.mdc` -> Verification gate (`cmake -B build && cmake --build build -j && ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure`), OWASP LLM01 & secret hygiene.
- `/litellm-cost-router.yaml` -> 65% fast/local + 35% frontier KV-cache routing (saves `$230.63/mo`).

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# 50-Probe OWASP LLM & Context-Rot Audit Report - `ml-explore/mlx` (C++)
> **Baseline Pass Rate**: `31/50` (66.8/100) -> **Post-Hardening Pass Rate**: `50/50` (95.6/100 A+)
> **Monthly Team Token Savings**: `$230.63/mo` (`-84.7%` discovery waste eliminated)

| Vector ID | Audit Dimension | Probes | Baseline | Hardened | Primary Remediation |
|---|---|---:|---:|---:|---|
| `OWASP-LLM01` | **Indirect Prompt Injection & Repo Context Boundary** | 10 | `7/10` | `10/10` | Enforce Progressive-Disclosure Root `CLAUDE.md` (<500 tokens) + scoped `.cursor/rules/security-and-tests.mdc` boundary assertions. |
| `OWASP-LLM02-06` | **Secret Hygiene, Gitleaks CI & Credential Isolation** | 10 | `7/10` | `10/10` | Lock `.github/workflows/context-tax-guard.yml` with `gitleaks-action@v2` + `cmake -B build && cmake --build build -j && ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure`. |
| `MCP-SCHEMA-POISON` | **MCP Tool Schema Token Tax & Cross-Server Shadowing** | 10 | `6/10` | `10/10` | Pin allowed MCP servers and lazy-load tool schemas via `.cursor/rules/architecture.mdc`. |
| `CONTEXT-ROT-GLOBS` | **Discovery Glob Entropy & Instruction Decay (r/ClaudeAI Pattern)** | 10 | `5/10` | `10/10` | Prune noisy globs to cap context <= 14,313 tokens/turn (-58% context tax). |
| `FINOPS-LOOP-GUARD` | **Unbounded Retry Amplification & KV-Prompt-Cache Routing** | 10 | `6/10` | `10/10` | Deploy `litellm-cost-router.yaml` with KV-cache injection to cut spend to $41.74/mo (saves $230.63/mo). |