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Card 904 of 9982026-08-21 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-08-21

Triss, the cheaper coworker for expensive agents

triss.work Observed source
Editorial interest 84/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

Triss is a Node CLI and MCP coworker that delegates token-heavy coding tasks to cheaper models, then returns compact summaries to a primary agent.

Landing page captured for the 2026-08-21 issue.

Why it surfaced

Its pitch is unusually concrete: the site reports 209 real calls, 5.84 million input tokens, and $2.22 in measured worker costs over one week. The tool targets a specific frustration in agentic coding—letting a costly model reason while a cheaper one reads files, fetches URLs, and reviews diffs.

Triss is a Node CLI and MCP coworker that delegates token-heavy coding tasks to cheaper models, then returns compact summaries to a primary agent.

Observed signals

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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.

⊠LoginAccess appeared gated
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use

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Landing page observed 2026-08-21. The live site may have changed.