cost-verification-auditor
✓Audit LLM token cost estimates against actual API usage. Activate on 'cost verification', 'token estimate accuracy', 'API cost audit', 'estimation variance'. NOT for pricing lookups, budget planning, or cost optimization strategies.
Installation
SKILL.md
Verify that token cost estimates are within ±20% of actual Claude API usage.
Novice thinking: "Claude Code adds 500 tokens overhead, so add that to every estimate."
Reality: Direct API calls have 10 token overhead. The 500+ overhead is ONLY when using Claude Code's full context (system prompts, tools, conversation history).
Audit LLM token cost estimates against actual API usage. Activate on 'cost verification', 'token estimate accuracy', 'API cost audit', 'estimation variance'. NOT for pricing lookups, budget planning, or cost optimization strategies. Source: erichowens/some_claude_skills.
Facts (cite-ready)
Stable fields and commands for AI/search citations.
- Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/erichowens/some_claude_skills --skill cost-verification-auditor- Category
- >_Productivity
- Verified
- ✓
- First Seen
- 2026-02-05
- Updated
- 2026-02-18
Quick answers
What is cost-verification-auditor?
Audit LLM token cost estimates against actual API usage. Activate on 'cost verification', 'token estimate accuracy', 'API cost audit', 'estimation variance'. NOT for pricing lookups, budget planning, or cost optimization strategies. Source: erichowens/some_claude_skills.
How do I install cost-verification-auditor?
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/erichowens/some_claude_skills --skill cost-verification-auditor Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor
Where is the source repository?
https://github.com/erichowens/some_claude_skills
Details
- Category
- >_Productivity
- Source
- skills.sh
- First Seen
- 2026-02-05