paleo-budget
SkillProductivityUse 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".
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No other account needed.
Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.
Then ask your AI: use the paleo-budget skill
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by mocasus/paleo in skills/paleo-budget/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Hard token budget per task. Cap spend, never overflow.
Rules
- Set budget up front: "budget 2000" = max ~2000 out-tokens for the whole task.
- Estimate before writing: rough tok ≈ chars / 4. Track running count.
- Stop at ~90% budget. If answer incomplete, summarize remainder in bullets.
- Tight budget → pair with
paleo(terse). budget + paleo = max save. - Code/commands stay exact — budget hits prose, not correctness.
Levels
soft: warn near limit, keep going.hard(default): cut off at limit, summarize the tail.strict: fail-loud if estimate exceeds budget before starting.
Switch
/budget 1500 soft|hard|strictset cap + mode.- "no budget" / "unlimited" → off.
Gotchas
- Token estimate is approximate (chars/4). Leave 10% headroom.
- Never truncate the critical part of the answer — summarize instead.
- Budget = output cap. Input/context not counted unless user says "total".
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 20
- Last commit
- Jul 2026
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paleo-budget- Source
- github.com/mocasus/paleo