diff --git a/todo.md b/todo.md
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--- a/todo.md
+++ b/todo.md
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 
 `Bar = 1`
 
-`Next ID = 59`
+`Next ID = 60`
 
 ## Items
 
 | ID | Release | Blocked by | Exempt | Item | L | E | I | R | S | Moves | Score |
 |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| 59 | 0.5.0 |  |  | **Lower the reading cost of the files a chunk reads most before its first commit.** | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | code health by 3 | 9.0 |
 | 2 | 0.5.0 |  |  | **Rename the admin example plugin to a name that says what it administers.** | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 by 3, code health by 2 | 2.6 |
 | 5 | 0.5.0 |  |  | **List grants that no installed plugin declares, with a remove action.** | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 by 3 | 2.1 |
 | 41 | 0.5.0 |  |  | **Apply a permission save as one Keto call, so it cannot stop part-way.** | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 by 2 | 2.1 |
@@ -27,6 +28,13 @@
 
 ## Details
 
+### 59. Lower the reading cost of the files a chunk reads most before its first commit.
+
+`reading-cost` reports a rise: the last 5 chunks' median is 87251 new input tokens before their
+first commit, the 5 before them 70583. Read most over those chunks: `todo.md` 34 times, `README.md`
+24, `src/plugin-host/plugin.ts` 11, `src/plugin-host/plugin.test.ts` 10, `AGENTS.md` 6. Cut or split
+what a chunk reads without needing it, then run `reading-cost --reset`.
+
 ### 2. Rename the admin example plugin to a name that says what it administers.
 
 The new name is `auth-admin`, chosen by the maintainer. The id is also the mount path, so the compose files,