AI becomes expensive when every task starts with a recap.
A new chat has none of the decisions, source files, constraints, or corrections from the last one unless you bring them in.
Keep the work outside the chat:
• the current goal
• the source material
• the current state
• the check that decides whether the output is ready
Then the next AI session starts with the project instead of a retelling of the project.
Save this for the next task that keeps resetting.