Debugging live code by adding log lines, redeploying, and pasting the dump back costs a full log blob per iteration. Have the agent capture the exact variable at the exact line once, and the whole add-log/redeploy/re-read loop disappears from your context window.
Capture Telemetry On-Demand Instead of Looping Print-Debug and Redeploy
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