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 ⚡️ Delivers core agent functionality in just **~4,000** lines of code — **99% smaller** than Clawdbot's 430k+ lines.
 
-📏 Real-time line count: **3,689 lines** (run `bash core_agent_lines.sh` to verify anytime)
+📏 Real-time line count: **3,696 lines** (run `bash core_agent_lines.sh` to verify anytime)
 
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