docs: README scope wording - imaging covers system prompt + tool docs, not just old history

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# pxpipe
**Cut Claude Code input-token spend by rendering old context as images.**
**Cut Claude Code input-token spend by rendering bulky context as images.**
Anthropic bills a 1568px-wide image at a flat rate regardless of how much text
is inside it. Dense content (code, JSON, tool output) packs ~3.1 chars per
image-token vs ~1 char per text-token on real Claude Code traffic. pxpipe is a
local proxy that exploits that gap: it rewrites the bulky middle of your
conversation into compact PNGs before the request leaves your machine.
local proxy that exploits that gap: it rewrites the bulky parts of your
request (system prompt, tool docs, older history) into compact PNGs before
the request leaves your machine.
Running against real Claude Code sessions, the production log (13,709
requests) shows: a **$100 total bill becomes ~$41**, full dollar math, input
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Nothing else changes. Responses stream normally; pxpipe only compresses the
*request* (your context going up), never the model's output. Recent turns stay
text; only older bulk history is imaged.
text; the system prompt, tool docs, and older bulk history are imaged.
## The honest part, read before relying on it