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Cost a menu item to a plate cost and food-cost percentage, then price it for a target margin.
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Install Menu Cost Engineer
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill menu-cost-engineer -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills menu-cost-engineer --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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/menu-cost-engineer .claude/skills/menu-cost-engineer && 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 "menu-cost-engineer" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/menu-cost-engineer into .claude/skills/menu-cost-engineer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "menu-cost-engineer", 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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/menu-cost-engineerType 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill menu-cost-engineer -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills menu-cost-engineer --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/menu-cost-engineer .agents/skills/menu-cost-engineer && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "menu-cost-engineer" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/menu-cost-engineer into .agents/skills/menu-cost-engineer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "menu-cost-engineer", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill menu-cost-engineer -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills menu-cost-engineer --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/menu-cost-engineer .cursor/skills/menu-cost-engineer && 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 "menu-cost-engineer" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/menu-cost-engineer into .cursor/skills/menu-cost-engineer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "menu-cost-engineer", 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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git --path skills/menu-cost-engineer--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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill menu-cost-engineer -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills menu-cost-engineer --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/menu-cost-engineer .gemini/skills/menu-cost-engineer && 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 "menu-cost-engineer" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/menu-cost-engineer into .gemini/skills/menu-cost-engineer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "menu-cost-engineer", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills menu-cost-engineerInstalls 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill menu-cost-engineer -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/menu-cost-engineer .github/skills/menu-cost-engineer && 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 "menu-cost-engineer" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/menu-cost-engineer into .github/skills/menu-cost-engineer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "menu-cost-engineer", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill menu-cost-engineer -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills menu-cost-engineer --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/menu-cost-engineer .opencode/skills/menu-cost-engineer && 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 "menu-cost-engineer" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/menu-cost-engineer into .opencode/skills/menu-cost-engineer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "menu-cost-engineer", 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
menu-cost-engineer- GitHub stars
- 1.4k
- Token cost
- ~778 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 359 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 1,348
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Cost a menu item to a plate cost and food-cost percentage, then price it for a target margin.
- Asked to cost a dish
- SKILL.md covers Working from a brief, Required Inputs, Output Format and Quality Checks, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Calculate food cost percentage
What it does
Menu Cost Engineer is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Cost a menu item to a plate cost and food-cost percentage, then price it for a target margin. Use when asked to cost a dish, calculate food cost percentage, price a menu item, or engineer a menu for profitability. Produces a plate-cost breakdown (ingredient × yield × price), the food-cost %, a suggested price for the target margin, and menu-engineering flags (star / plow-horse / puzzle / dog) so the operator knows what to promote, reprice, or cut.
Its SKILL.md is about 780 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Asked to cost a dish
- Calculate food cost percentage
- Price a menu item
- Engineer a menu for profitability
Example prompts
- “/menu-cost-engineer”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. 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
Menu Cost Engineer loads about 778 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 118 tokens; SKILL.md has 359 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 359 words, ~778 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/menu-cost-engineer/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- menu-cost-engineer
- description
- Cost a menu item to a plate cost and food-cost percentage, then price it for a target margin. Use when asked to cost a dish, calculate food cost percentage, price a menu item, or engineer a menu for profitability. Produces a plate-cost breakdown (ingredient × yield × price), the food-cost %, a suggested price for the target margin, and menu-engineering flags (star / plow-horse / puzzle / dog) so the operator knows what to promote, reprice, or cut.
Menu Cost Engineer Skill
Restaurants don't fail on bad food — they fail on math they never did. A dish that "feels" priced right can quietly run a 45% food cost. This skill costs the plate honestly (accounting for yield loss and waste), sets a price to the margin the operator actually needs, and flags where the menu is leaking money.
Working from a brief
Given a recipe and ingredient prices, produce the full costing — estimate yields and waste where not given (label the assumption). If prices are missing, ask or use a stated regional estimate and flag it.
Required Inputs
Ask for (if not provided, else infer and label):
- The dish — ingredients and portion sizes (recipe)
- Ingredient costs — as purchased, with pack size/unit
- Target food-cost % (default ~28–32%) or target margin, and current menu price if repricing
Output Format
Plate cost breakdown
| Ingredient | As-purchased cost/unit | Yield % | Portion | Plate cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Include a line for waste/trim and any garnish/consumables.
The numbers
- Total plate cost, target food-cost %, and suggested price = plate cost ÷ target food-cost %.
- Actual food-cost % at the current price (if repricing) and the gap.
- Contribution margin per plate (price − plate cost).
Menu-engineering flag
Given popularity (if provided) and margin, classify: Star (high both — feature it), Plow-horse (popular, low margin — reprice/re-engineer), Puzzle (high margin, low sales — promote/reposition), Dog (low both — cut or rework).
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Levers
2–3 concrete moves — portion, spec, supplier, price, or plate composition — to hit the target without hurting the guest experience.
Quality Checks
- Plate cost accounts for yield loss and waste, not just as-purchased price
- Suggested price is derived from the target food-cost %, shown explicitly
- Contribution margin (not just %) is reported — a high % on a cheap dish can still lose
- Assumptions (yields, missing prices) are labeled, not hidden
- The menu-engineering flag drives a concrete recommendation
Anti-Patterns
- Costing on as-purchased price and ignoring yield/waste (understates true cost)
- Chasing food-cost % while ignoring contribution margin per plate
- Pricing on gut instead of the target margin
- Repricing a plow-horse so hard it becomes a dog
- Treating supplier prices as fixed when spec/portion are the real levers
Example Trigger Phrases
- "Cost a dish."
- "Calculate food cost percentage."
- "Price a menu item."
- "Engineer a menu for profitability."
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Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/menu-cost-engineer of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0
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Menu Cost Engineer next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menu Cost Engineer this skillmohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills | 1.4k | — | ~778 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Cost Trackingaffaan-m/ECC | 276k | 1 repos | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Cost Conversationruvnet/ruflo | 74k | — | ~407 | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Agentic Engineeringaffaan-m/ECC | 276k | 5 repos | ~458 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Agentic Engineeringaffaan-m/ECC | 276k | — | ~986 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Cost Reportruvnet/ruflo | 74k | — | ~830 | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT |
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Questions about Menu Cost Engineer
What does Menu Cost Engineer do?
Cost a menu item to a plate cost and food-cost percentage, then price it for a target margin. Menu Cost Engineer is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Cost a menu item to a plate cost and food-cost percentage, then price it for a target margin.
When should I use Menu Cost Engineer?
Menu Cost Engineer fits situations like: asked to cost a dish; calculate food cost percentage; price a menu item; engineer a menu for profitability.
How do I install Menu Cost Engineer in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill menu-cost-engineer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/menu-cost-engineer in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/menu-cost-engineer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Menu Cost Engineer in Codex?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill menu-cost-engineer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/menu-cost-engineer in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/menu-cost-engineer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Menu Cost Engineer 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill menu-cost-engineer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/menu-cost-engineer, .gemini/skills/menu-cost-engineer, .github/skills/menu-cost-engineer and .opencode/skills/menu-cost-engineer in your project.
What does Menu Cost Engineer need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Menu Cost Engineer is instructions for the agent only.
Does Menu Cost Engineer 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 Menu Cost Engineer 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 Menu Cost Engineer use?
Menu Cost Engineer 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 Menu Cost Engineer use?
About 778 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.1k 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 Menu Cost Engineer?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Menu Cost Engineer: Cost Tracking (affaan-m/ECC, 276k stars), Cost Conversation (ruvnet/ruflo, 74k stars), Agentic Engineering (affaan-m/ECC, 276k stars) and Agentic Engineering (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 Menu Cost Engineer?
mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,434 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.
Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.