Hackernews
sigcli/sigcli
Interact with Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com) — browse top, new, and best stories, read item details and comment threads, look up user profiles, and search posts via Algolia.
Audit Algolia usage drivers and propose measurable cost controls without hard-coded plan prices.
Install Algolia Cost Tuning
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill algolia-cost-tuning -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace algolia-cost-tuning --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/algolia-cost-tuning .claude/skills/algolia-cost-tuning && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "algolia-cost-tuning" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/algolia-cost-tuning into .claude/skills/algolia-cost-tuning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "algolia-cost-tuning", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/algolia-cost-tuningType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill algolia-cost-tuning -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace algolia-cost-tuning --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/algolia-cost-tuning .agents/skills/algolia-cost-tuning && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "algolia-cost-tuning" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/algolia-cost-tuning into .agents/skills/algolia-cost-tuning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "algolia-cost-tuning", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill algolia-cost-tuning -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace algolia-cost-tuning --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/algolia-cost-tuning .cursor/skills/algolia-cost-tuning && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "algolia-cost-tuning" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/algolia-cost-tuning into .cursor/skills/algolia-cost-tuning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "algolia-cost-tuning", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git --path skills/.curated/algolia-cost-tuning--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill algolia-cost-tuning -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace algolia-cost-tuning --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/algolia-cost-tuning .gemini/skills/algolia-cost-tuning && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "algolia-cost-tuning" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/algolia-cost-tuning into .gemini/skills/algolia-cost-tuning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "algolia-cost-tuning", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace algolia-cost-tuningInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill algolia-cost-tuning -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/algolia-cost-tuning .github/skills/algolia-cost-tuning && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "algolia-cost-tuning" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/algolia-cost-tuning into .github/skills/algolia-cost-tuning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "algolia-cost-tuning", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill algolia-cost-tuning -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace algolia-cost-tuning --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/algolia-cost-tuning .opencode/skills/algolia-cost-tuning && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "algolia-cost-tuning" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/algolia-cost-tuning into .opencode/skills/algolia-cost-tuning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "algolia-cost-tuning", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
algolia-cost-tuning- GitHub stars
- 2.8k
- Token cost
- ~1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 403 words
- Files
- 2 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 3,342
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Audit Algolia usage drivers and propose measurable cost controls without hard-coded plan prices.
- Works in 6 steps: Define the billing window, applications,… → Capture current usage and invoice line… → Trace major units back to callers, UI… → …
- Optional features need investigation
- SKILL.md covers Overview, Prerequisites, Tool Discipline and Current Contract, plus 7 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Algolia Cost Tuning is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Audit Algolia usage drivers and propose measurable cost controls without hard-coded plan prices. Use when search spend, request volume, record count, replicas, or optional features need investigation. Trigger with "Algolia cost audit", "reduce Algolia usage", or "Algolia bill".
Its SKILL.md is about 1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/official-docs.md`). Compatibility notes: Designed for Claude Code
It sits in Backend & APIs, covering Search implementation. It works with Algolia. The repository describes itself as: Model-agnostic agent-skills platform with a harness-free canonical layer, verified adapters, and the ccpi package manager. Explore at tonsofskills.com. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Optional features need investigation
- With Algolia cost audit
- Reduce Algolia usage
Example prompts
- “Algolia cost audit”
- “reduce Algolia usage”
- “Algolia bill”
- “/algolia-cost-tuning”
Requirements
- Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Glob, Grep, WebFetch, Write, Edit
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Define the billing window, applications, indices, environments, replicas, and contract source in scope.
- Capture current usage and invoice line items without copying secret values.
- Trace major units back to callers, UI interactions, scheduled jobs, duplicated records, and optional features.
- Quantify each candidate change with a baseline, expected delta, uncertainty, and product tradeoff.
- Test request debouncing, caching, record trimming, environment retention, or replica changes in a safe environment.
- Reconcile the next usage window and retain a rollback trigger for relevance or freshness regressions.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cfae287. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
ReadGlobGrepWebFetchWriteEdit
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
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
algolia.com
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.
Compatibility
Designed for Claude Code
From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Context cost
Algolia Cost Tuning loads about 1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 75 tokens; SKILL.md has 403 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit cfae287, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 403 words, ~1,036 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/algolia-cost-tuning/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- algolia-cost-tuning
- description
- Audit Algolia usage drivers and propose measurable cost controls without hard-coded plan prices. Use when search spend, request volume, record count, replicas, or optional features need investigation. Trigger with "Algolia cost audit", "reduce Algolia usage", or "Algolia bill".
- allowed-tools
- Read, Glob, Grep, WebFetch, Write, Edit
- compatibility
- Designed for Claude Code
- argument-hint
- [repository-path] [billing-window]
- version
- 1.8.0
- author
- Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>
- license
- MIT
- tags
- saas, algolia, cost
- model
- inherit
- effort
- medium
Algolia Usage and Cost Review
Overview
This skill correlates current Algolia billing and usage evidence with application behavior. It deliberately avoids embedding plan names, prices, free allowances, or assumptions that indexing is unmetered because commercial terms can change.
Prerequisites
- A named repository, environment, and Algolia application or index in scope
- The local lockfile and installed client types as implementation authority
- A safe read-only query or explicitly disposable test target
- Current first-party documentation for any provider behavior that affects the change
Tool Discipline
Use Read, Glob, and Grep to inspect local code, configuration names, tests, and dependency versions. Use WebFetch only for current official Algolia documentation. Use Write or Edit only after identifying the target files, constraints, and verification plan.
Current Contract
- Treat the account's current invoice, usage dashboard, and contract as the authority for billable units.
- Separate search traffic, records, replicas, indexing activity, analytics or AI features, and non-production duplication.
- Measure request amplification caused by keystrokes, federated queries, retries, bots, and duplicate clients.
- Recommend controls only when they preserve relevance, freshness, security, and product requirements.
Authentication
Use read-only account access or exported billing evidence. Do not put billing, usage, Analytics, or Admin credentials in frontend code or reports.
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Instructions
- Define the billing window, applications, indices, environments, replicas, and contract source in scope.
- Capture current usage and invoice line items without copying secret values.
- Trace major units back to callers, UI interactions, scheduled jobs, duplicated records, and optional features.
- Quantify each candidate change with a baseline, expected delta, uncertainty, and product tradeoff.
- Test request debouncing, caching, record trimming, environment retention, or replica changes in a safe environment.
- Reconcile the next usage window and retain a rollback trigger for relevance or freshness regressions.
Approval Boundaries
Do not delete indices, remove replicas, change plans, disable analytics, or cache personalized results without owner approval and measured impact.
Output
Return the evidence window, current drivers, ranked opportunities, estimated ranges rather than false precision, validation plan, approvals, and post-change reconciliation.
Error Handling
| Condition | Response |
|---|---|
| Invoice and dashboard disagree | Record the reporting windows and ask account support before concluding. |
| No caller attribution | Add bounded request instrumentation before optimizing. |
| Savings harms relevance | Rollback and preserve the measured comparison. |
| Plan terms unavailable | State the gap; never substitute remembered pricing. |
Examples
Use this compact input and expected handoff to calibrate scope and evidence quality.
Input:
window=last-complete-billing-cycle; environments=prod,stage; pricing-source=current-invoiceExpected handoff:
finding=duplicate-stage-replicas; estimate=range; change=pending-owner-reviewResources
© jeremylongshore, 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 (references) in skills/.curated/algolia-cost-tuning of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.
- SKILL.md
- references/official-docs.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit cfae287
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Questions about Algolia Cost Tuning
What does Algolia Cost Tuning do?
Audit Algolia usage drivers and propose measurable cost controls without hard-coded plan prices. Algolia Cost Tuning is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Audit Algolia usage drivers and propose measurable cost controls without hard-coded plan prices.
When should I use Algolia Cost Tuning?
Algolia Cost Tuning fits situations like: optional features need investigation; with Algolia cost audit; reduce Algolia usage.
How do I install Algolia Cost Tuning in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill algolia-cost-tuning -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/algolia-cost-tuning in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .claude/skills/algolia-cost-tuning in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Algolia Cost Tuning in Codex?
Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill algolia-cost-tuning -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/algolia-cost-tuning in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .agents/skills/algolia-cost-tuning in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Algolia Cost Tuning 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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill algolia-cost-tuning -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/algolia-cost-tuning, .gemini/skills/algolia-cost-tuning, .github/skills/algolia-cost-tuning and .opencode/skills/algolia-cost-tuning in your project.
What does Algolia Cost Tuning need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Algolia Cost Tuning is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Glob, Grep, WebFetch, Write, Edit. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code.
Does Algolia Cost Tuning access the network?
SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: algolia.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Algolia Cost Tuning 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 Algolia Cost Tuning use?
Algolia Cost Tuning is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Algolia Cost Tuning use?
About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 333 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Algolia Cost Tuning?
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Who maintains Algolia Cost Tuning?
jeremylongshore (a GitHub user) maintains it in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, which has 2,827 GitHub stars. The repository holds 3,342 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.
Source: jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.