AI Agent Cost Optimizer

Reduce AI agent spend without reducing shipped quality. Optimize for cost per correct completed task, not raw token count.

When to Activate

Activate this skill when:

• AI coding bills, token usage, API inference cost, or model spend are too high
• Reviewing agent workflows for context waste, retry loops, or cache misses
• Choosing model tiers for planning, implementation, review, or cleanup tasks
• Evaluating claims about prompt caching, cheap models, or token savings
• Capturing repeated workflows so future agents do not rediscover the same context

Core Principle

Price the model and context to the cost of failure.

Use more capable models when a wrong answer could create expensive rework, security risk, data loss, or architectural drag. Use cheaper models and smaller context when the task is bounded, reversible, test-covered, or mechanical.