paleo-budget

Name: paleo-budget
Author: mocasus

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How to install paleo-budget?

mocasus/paleo/paleo-budget

$npx -y skills add mocasus/paleo --skill paleo-budget

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Summary

Use when user says "budget", "token limit", "stay under N tokens", or wants per-task token caps. Enforce a hard token budget per task/response — track estimate, stop before limit, summarize if exceeded. Off: "no budget" / "unlimited".

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SKILL.md

1	# paleo-budget
2	Hard token budget per task. Cap spend, never overflow.
3
4	## Rules
5	- Set budget up front: "budget 2000" = max ~2000 out-tokens for the whole task.
6	- Estimate before writing: rough tok ≈ chars / 4. Track running count.
7	- Stop at ~90% budget. If answer incomplete, summarize remainder in bullets.
8	- Tight budget → pair with `paleo` (terse). budget + paleo = max save.
9	- Code/commands stay exact — budget hits prose, not correctness.
10
11	## Levels
12	- `soft`: warn near limit, keep going.
13	- `hard` (default): cut off at limit, summarize the tail.
14	- `strict`: fail-loud if estimate exceeds budget before starting.
15
16	## Switch
17	- `/budget 1500 soft\|hard\|strict` set cap + mode.
18	- "no budget" / "unlimited" → off.
19
20	## Gotchas
21	- Token estimate is approximate (chars/4). Leave 10% headroom.
22	- Never truncate the critical part of the answer — summarize instead.
23	- Budget = output cap. Input/context not counted unless user says "total".

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