# Read Less, Solve More: Token-Efficient Sparse Reading of External Content for AI Agents > Source: > Published: 2026-11-12 07:00:35+00:00 Web-facing AI agents repeatedly access webpages, documents, repositories, and tool responses, yet reading interfaces often expose entire objects when only sparse evidence is needed. This over-reading increases token and latency costs and can dilute relevant evidence. We present SparseRead, a reusabl