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Show detailed cost breakdown and budget status for the Bernstein orchestrator. Use when the user asks about spending, budget, cost per model, cost per agent, or wants a cost projection.

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$ npx -y skills add sipyourdrink-ltd/bernstein --skill bernstein-cost --agent claude-code

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How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/bernstein-cost

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Show detailed cost breakdown and budget status for the Bernstein orchestrator. Use when the user asks about spending, budget, cost per model, cost per agent, or wants a cost projection.

SKILL.md

bernstein-cost.SKILL.md
name: bernstein-cost
description: >
  Show detailed cost breakdown and budget status for the Bernstein orchestrator.
  Use when the user asks about spending, budget, cost per model, cost per agent,
  or wants a cost projection.

Bernstein Cost Tracker

Show detailed cost analysis and budget status.

When to Use

  • User asks "how much have we spent?" or "what's the cost?"
  • User wants per-model or per-agent cost breakdown
  • User asks about budget remaining or cost projection
  • User says "are we over budget?"

Instructions

1. Run `scripts/costs.sh` to fetch cost data. 2. Run `scripts/costs.sh projection` for cost forecast. 3. Present a clear cost report:

## Cost Report

**Total spent:** $X.XX / $Y.YY budget (Z%)
**Status:** {OK | WARNING | OVER BUDGET}

### Per Model
| Model | Tasks | Cost | Avg/Task |
|-------|-------|------|----------|
| claude-sonnet-4 | 12 | $1.84 | $0.15 |
| gpt-4.1 | 5 | $0.62 | $0.12 |

### Per Agent
| Agent | Role | Tasks Done | Cost |
|-------|------|------------|------|
| claude-backend-01 | backend | 3 | $0.45 |

### Projection
At current rate, this run will cost ~$X.XX total.
Estimated completion: Y tasks remaining, ~Z minutes.

4. If budget warning is active, highlight it prominently. 5. If over budget, note that Bernstein has paused new task claims.

Ships withbernstein

The open‑source AI Agents Governance & Orchestration framework: write the rules declaratively, Bernstein enforces them and produces the verifiable, replayable record. Free, Apache-2.0. https://bernstein.run

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