Agent skill

Daily Budget Check

by hoangsonww in hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor

Run a daily spend check-in against a daily budget on the Agent Monitor dashboard — today's spend vs the daily target, pace through the day, and the projected overage if the current pace holds.

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Install Daily Budget Check

skills CLI
$ npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill daily-budget-check -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor daily-budget-check --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ccam-cost-guard/skills/daily-budget-check .claude/skills/daily-budget-check && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
daily-budget-check
GitHub stars
1.1k
Token cost
~759 tokens
SKILL.md length
331 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
78
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Run a daily spend check-in against a daily budget on the Agent Monitor dashboard — today's spend vs the daily target, pace through the day, and the projected overage if the current pace holds.

  • Works in 5 steps: Today vs budget → Pace → End-of-day projection → …
  • A quick daily spend check-in
  • SKILL.md covers Input, Data Sources, Method and Report Sections, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Daily Budget Check is an agent skill from hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor. Run a daily spend check-in against a daily budget on the Agent Monitor dashboard — today's spend vs the daily target, pace through the day, and the projected overage if the current pace holds. Uses /api/pricing/cost and /api/sessions (grouped by startedat = today). Use for a quick daily spend check-in or a morning/evening budget pulse.

Its SKILL.md is about 760 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

The repository describes itself as: 🚀 A real-time monitoring dashboard for Claude Code & Codex, built with SQLite3, Node.js, Express, React, Vite, TailwindCSS, & WebSockets. It tracks sessions, agent activity… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • A quick daily spend check-in
  • A morning/evening budget pulse

Example prompts

  • “/daily-budget-check”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Today vs budget
  2. Pace
  3. End-of-day projection
  4. Today's drivers
  5. Nudge

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a06db03. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Daily Budget Check loads about 759 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 89 tokens; SKILL.md has 331 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~89
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~759

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor at commit a06db03, republished under its MIT licence (© hoangsonww). 331 words, ~759 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/daily-budget-check/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
daily-budget-check
description
Run a daily spend check-in against a daily budget on the Agent Monitor dashboard — today's spend vs the daily target, pace through the day, and the projected overage if the current pace holds. Uses /api/pricing/cost and /api/sessions (grouped by started_at = today). Use for a quick daily spend check-in or a morning/evening budget pulse.

Daily Budget Check

A fast daily pulse: are you on pace against today's budget?

Input

The user provides: $ARGUMENTS

This is the daily budget in dollars — e.g. "5" or "$5/day". If omitted, ask for one or derive it from a monthly budget (monthly / days_in_month) and state the assumption.

Data Sources

EndpointReturns
GET /api/pricing/cost{ total_cost, breakdown: [{ model, input_tokens, output_tokens, cache_read_tokens, cache_write_tokens, cost, matched_rule }] } — fleet-wide spend and the avg cost-per-session used to value today's sessions
GET /api/sessions?limit=200Session list with inline cost and started_at — filter to today (DATE(started_at) = today) to isolate today's spend

Method

Spend has no per-day field, so isolate today from the session list:

  1. Today's sessions = sessions whose started_at is today (local date).
  2. Today's spend = sum of inline cost over today's sessions. If inline cost is absent for some rows, fall back to today_session_count × (total_cost / total_session_count) and flag it as approximate.
  3. Pace: fraction_of_day_elapsed = hours_since_midnight / 24. expected_by_now = daily_budget × fraction_of_day_elapsed.
  4. Pace delta = today_spend − expected_by_now (▲ ahead of budget / ▼ behind).
  5. End-of-day projection: projected_today = today_spend / fraction_of_day_elapsed (linear extrapolation of the current pace). Guard against tiny fraction_of_day_elapsed early in the day — if under ~0.1, label the projection low-confidence.
  6. Projected overage = projected_today − daily_budget (positive = over).

Report Sections

1. Today vs budget

One headline line: today's spend / daily budget, and the percent consumed. Verdict: under / on pace / over.

2. Pace

expected_by_now vs actual today_spend, the ▲/▼ pace delta, and the fraction of the day elapsed.

3. End-of-day projection

projected_today and the projected overage/headroom vs the daily budget. Note the confidence (low early in the day).

4. Today's drivers

Today's sessions ranked by cost (top 5): name/id, model, cost. Surface any premium-model session inflating the day.

5. Nudge

If projected over: one concrete cut (route the priciest session type cheaper — see model-savings; or arm a token_threshold rule via budget-set). If under: confirm headroom and the remaining daily allowance.

Output

Compact Markdown — this is a daily check-in, keep it tight. Currency as USD to 4 decimal places; pace deltas with ▲/▼. Lead with the verdict line.

© hoangsonww, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in plugins/ccam-cost-guard/skills/daily-budget-check of hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a06db03

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Questions about Daily Budget Check

What does Daily Budget Check do?

Run a daily spend check-in against a daily budget on the Agent Monitor dashboard — today's spend vs the daily target, pace through the day, and the projected overage if the current pace holds. Daily Budget Check is an agent skill from hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor. Run a daily spend check-in against a daily budget on the Agent Monitor dashboard — today's spend vs the daily target, pace through the day, and the projected overage if the current pace holds.

When should I use Daily Budget Check?

Daily Budget Check fits situations like: A quick daily spend check-in; A morning/evening budget pulse.

How do I install Daily Budget Check in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill daily-budget-check -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ccam-cost-guard/skills/daily-budget-check in hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor) into .claude/skills/daily-budget-check in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Daily Budget Check in Codex?

Run `npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill daily-budget-check -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ccam-cost-guard/skills/daily-budget-check in hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor) into .agents/skills/daily-budget-check in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Daily Budget Check in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill daily-budget-check -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/daily-budget-check, .gemini/skills/daily-budget-check, .github/skills/daily-budget-check and .opencode/skills/daily-budget-check in your project.

What does Daily Budget Check need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Daily Budget Check is instructions for the agent only.

Does Daily Budget Check access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Daily Budget Check safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Daily Budget Check use?

Daily Budget Check is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Daily Budget Check use?

About 759 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Daily Budget Check?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Daily Budget Check: Daily (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Budget Cash Flow (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Cost Budget Check (ruvnet/ruflo, 74k stars) and Token Budget Advisor (affaan-m/ECC, 276k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Daily Budget Check?

hoangsonww (a GitHub user) maintains it in hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor, which has 1,058 GitHub stars. The repository holds 78 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.