Cross-Tool Token Metrics, Not Editor Lock-in

The short version: Roo Code

Roo Code is a capable VS Code AI agent — a fork of Cline that drives agentic coding tasks inside your editor. It surfaces some token usage within its own panel. That is useful when you live entirely inside Roo Code. The moment you also use Claude Code for terminal-driven work, Copilot for inline completion, or Cursor for refactoring, those metrics fragment: each tool reports its own numbers, in its own format, locked to its own surface. There is no unified score.

SigRank is the platform-neutral layer that fixes that. It reads token telemetry from Roo Code, Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor, and 15+ other tools, scores them all on the same cascade axis (Υ Yield), and gives you one rank that follows you across editors. You don't switch agents to use SigRank — you add it alongside whatever you already drive.

Feature comparison

The editor lock-in problem

Roo Code's metrics are real — but they are agent-scoped and editor-locked. The numbers live inside VS Code, in Roo Code's format, visible only in Roo Code's panel. They do not export. They do not compare to anyone outside Roo Code. And they vanish the day you try a different tool.

Most operators do not live in one agent. A realistic week: Roo Code for agentic multi-file tasks inside VS Code, Claude Code for terminal-driven work, Copilot for inline completions, maybe a Cursor refactoring pass. Roo Code's metrics cover one slice of that week. Your actual efficiency is the union — and SigRank is the only layer that scores the union on a single axis.

Your score follows you, not the tool

SigRank's operator identity is tied to you, not to your agent. Enroll once, submit from any tool, and every signed snapshot feeds the same leaderboard rank. Switch from Roo Code to Claude Code to Copilot over a month and your Υ trajectory reflects your driving across all three — not three disconnected per-agent gauges. That is the difference between a metric and a reputation.

Frequently asked questions

Does SigRank replace Roo Code?

No — SigRank is not an AI agent or an editor. Roo Code is a VS Code extension that drives AI coding tasks inside your editor; SigRank is the scoring layer that measures how efficiently you drive any AI tool, including Roo Code. You keep using Roo Code (or Claude Code, or Cursor) and run the SigRank CLI alongside it. SigRank reads your token telemetry locally, computes your Υ Yield, and publishes a signed snapshot to the leaderboard. Your agent stays; your efficiency gets measured.

Does Roo Code have token usage metrics?

Roo Code surfaces some token usage within its own VS Code panel — how many tokens a task consumed, context window pressure. That is agent-scoped and editor-locked: the numbers live inside VS Code and do not leave it. SigRank reads the same underlying token flow but computes the full cascade architecture (Υ Yield, compression ratio, SNR, Leverage, Velocity), assigns a class tier, and lets you compare against every other operator on the board — including ones who never touch Roo Code.

Why does platform neutrality matter for token metrics?

Because most operators do not use one tool. You might use Roo Code for agentic multi-file tasks inside VS Code, Claude Code for terminal-driven work, and Copilot for inline completions. Roo Code's metrics cover only the Roo Code slice; your actual efficiency is the union across all of them. SigRank is platform-neutral — it reads telemetry from Roo Code, Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor, and 15+ others, scores them on the same cascade axis, and gives you one comparable rank. Your score follows you across tools, not the other way around.

Can I use SigRank with Roo Code specifically?

Yes. The SigRank CLI reads token telemetry from Roo Code's local logs the same way it reads Claude Code's (ccusage is bundled for Claude Code; additional readers cover other platforms). Run `sigrank enroll` to create your operator identity, then `sigrank submit` to score and publish. Your Roo Code sessions contribute to the same leaderboard rank as your Claude Code or Cursor sessions — unified, not siloed.

What is the difference between Roo Code and SigRank metrics?

Roo Code's metrics answer "how many tokens did this task use?" — a per-task, editor-local view. SigRank's metrics answer "how efficiently does this operator drive AI across all their tools?" — a cascade-level, cross-platform view. Roo Code tells you what you spent in one agent; SigRank tells you your Υ Yield (is signal compounding or burning?), your class tier, and your global rank among all operators regardless of editor. The first is a gauge; the second is a leaderboard.