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LeanREA launches lightweight REA alternative.
LeanREA is an 8 KB MIT-licensed skill that routes coding agents to existing reverse-engineering CLI tools without an MCP server or large tool registry. Its 36-run Claude Code benchmark reports 38% lower wall time and 35% lower cost than REA.
// ANALYSIS
LeanREA makes a compelling case that better tool routing can beat heavier integrations, though its benchmark shows near-parity rather than identical accuracy.
- –Uses tools including asar, otool, nm, and go version -m through Bash
- –Reduced context overhead from REA’s 207 tool definitions
- –Benchmark scored LeanREA 74/75 versus REA’s 75/75
- –Results used one model, one Mac, and only three repetitions per task
- –MIT licensing and plain-text installation make it easy to adapt across coding agents
// TAGS
leanreaopen-sourcecoding-agentai-codingclitool-usebenchmark
DISCOVERED
1h ago
2026-10-17
PUBLISHED
1h ago
2026-10-17
RELEVANCE
8/ 10
AUTHOR
AICodeKing