3-tier budget enforcement for AI agent workspaces. Visibility dashboards (always on), soft alerts at 80% threshold, hard ceilings at 100% that auto-pause agents. Tracks per-agent, per-task, and per-project costs in both tokens and dollars.
SkillScore86Maintained
Automatic
◆AI Engineer pack
Last verified 8/27/2026
What it changes
Passed 18 of 21 test cases with the skill, and 9 of 21 without it.
Without skill41%
With skill86%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Logs event as budget_warning
Specifies `--alert-threshold 0.7`
Executes `/budget reset --confirm`
and 10 more in the full report
10 fixed9 passed either way3 still failing0 broke
Pass-rate lift
+45 pp
Tokens
+7%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-50%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/27/2026v119 of 22 cases passed with skill · 21 comparable
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 9 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 9
Prompt
What happens automatically when an agent reaches 100% of its assigned budget ceiling under Tier 3 enforcement?
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Automatically pauses the agent
Passed
Passed
Sends budget_exceeded message to orchestrator
Missed
Passed
case-14 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/27/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md111 linessingle file
/budget
3-tier budget enforcement — visibility, alerts, hard ceilings.
Purpose
Prevent runaway AI costs in multi-agent workspaces. Every token consumed is tracked at three levels: per-agent, per-task, and per-project. Three enforcement tiers ensure costs never surprise you: Tier 1 (visibility) shows real-time dashboards, Tier 2 (soft alerts) warns at 80%, Tier 3 (hard ceilings) auto-pauses agents at 100%.
Usage
# View budget dashboard
/budget
# View specific agent's budget
/budget --agent researcher
# Set project budget
/budget set --project 500000 --dollars 25.00
# Set per-agent budget
/budget set --agent researcher 50000
# View burn rate
/budget burn-rate
# Export cost report
/budget report --format csv --period 2026-03
# Reset budget counters (new billing period)
/budget reset --confirm