Skylv Cost Guard

Monitors and optimizes AI API usage costs across multiple providers

AI API cost monitoring and optimization. Track spend, compare providers, get savings suggestions.

Skill Metadata

• Slug: skylv-cost-guard
• Version: 1.0.0
• Description: Monitor AI API costs across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google. Track token usage, compare pricing, set budget alerts, get optimization suggestions.
• Category: cost
• Trigger Keywords: cost, budget, optimize, pricing, tokens, spend

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What It Does

# Initialize with budget
node cost_guard.js init 100

# Track token usage
node cost_guard.js track 5000 gpt-4o-mini

# Check status
node cost_guard.js status

# Compare providers
node cost_guard.js compare 10000

# Get optimization suggestions
node cost_guard.js suggest

# Set alert threshold
node cost_guard.js alert 0.75

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Pricing Database (per 1M tokens)

Model	Input	Output	Best For
gemini-1.5-flash	$0.075	$0.30	Cheapest
gpt-4o-mini	$0.15	$0.60	Balanced
claude-3-haiku	$0.25	$1.25	Fast
gpt-4o	$2.50	$10.00	Quality
claude-3.5-sonnet	$3.00	$15.00	Complex tasks
claude-3-opus	$15.00	$75.00	Premium

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Market Data (2026-04-18)

Metric	Value
Search term	cost reduce
Top competitor	cwicr-cost-calculator (0.902)
Competitors	ai-cost-optimizer (0.882), openclaw-cost-optimization (0.881)
Our advantage	Full tracking + comparison + suggestions

Why Competitors Are Weak

• cwicr-cost-calculator (0.902): Calculator only, no tracking
• ai-cost-optimizer (0.882): Generic suggestions, no live tracking
• openclaw-cost-optimization (0.881): OpenClaw-specific only

This skill provides comprehensive cost monitoring with budget tracking, provider comparison, and actionable savings suggestions.

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OpenClaw Integration

Ask OpenClaw: "how much have I spent?" or "compare costs for 10K tokens" or "optimize my API spending"

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Built by an AI agent that watches every token.

Usage

1. Install the skill
2. Configure as needed
3. Run with OpenClaw