Agent skill

Validate Model Pricing

by rajbos in rajbos/ai-engineering-fluency

Find all model IDs referenced in local AI-coding session log files and debug logs, then compare them against the keys in src/modelPricing.json.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Validate Model Pricing

skills CLI
$ npx skills add rajbos/ai-engineering-fluency --skill validate-model-pricing -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install rajbos/ai-engineering-fluency validate-model-pricing --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/rajbos/ai-engineering-fluency.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/validate-model-pricing .claude/skills/validate-model-pricing && 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
validate-model-pricing
GitHub stars
116
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
405 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
21
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Find all model IDs referenced in local AI-coding session log files and debug logs, then compare them against the keys in src/modelPricing.json.

  • Works in 2 steps: Are there models in my session logs with… → Are there pricing entries that were…
  • Development work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Relationship to Other Skills, Usage, Interpreting Output and Files in This Directory
  • Calls node

What it does

Validate Model Pricing is an agent skill from rajbos/ai-engineering-fluency. Find all model IDs referenced in local AI-coding session log files and debug logs, then compare them against the keys in src/modelPricing.json. Reports models found in logs that have no pricing entry (unknown — informational only) and pricing entries never observed locally (unused). Use after adding a new model to modelPricing.json, after seeing unexpected cost attributions, or to discover which new models have appeared in recent sessions. Depends on file discovery patterns from the validate-session-schemas skill.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development. The repository describes itself as: Extension that shows information about the estimated token usage and more of AI in editors/CLI's. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Development work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/validate-model-pricing”

Requirements

  • Node.js

Workflow steps

2 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Are there models in my session logs with no pricing entry?
  2. Are there pricing entries that were never seen locally?

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 257ede3. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • node

    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

Validate Model Pricing loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 136 tokens; SKILL.md has 405 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~136
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

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 rajbos/ai-engineering-fluency at commit 257ede3, republished under its MIT licence (© rajbos). 405 words, ~1,159 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/validate-model-pricing/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
validate-model-pricing
description
Find all model IDs referenced in local AI-coding session log files and debug logs, then compare them against the keys in src/modelPricing.json. Reports models found in logs that have no pricing entry (unknown — informational only) and pricing entries never observed locally (unused). Use after adding a new model to modelPricing.json, after seeing unexpected cost attributions, or to discover which new models have appeared in recent sessions. Depends on file discovery patterns from the validate-session-schemas skill.

Validate Model Pricing Skill

Scans recent local AI-coding session log files (and Copilot Chat debug logs) for every model ID that was actually used, then cross-references that list against the keys in src/modelPricing.json.

It answers two questions:

  1. Are there models in my session logs with no pricing entry? Models that appear in log files but have no key in modelPricing.json fall back to gpt-4o-mini pricing — which may over- or under-estimate cost significantly. These are reported as UNKNOWN (informational; not an error).

  2. Are there pricing entries that were never seen locally? Keys in modelPricing.json that don't match any log file model ID are reported as UNUSED LOCALLY (informational; they may be used by other machines or team members).

Relationship to Other Skills

This skill reuses the same file discovery patterns as the validate-session-schemas skill — it covers the same set of file-based platforms:

PlatformFiles scanned
Copilot Chat (VS Code)workspaceStorage/*/chatSessions/*.{json,jsonl}, globalStorage/github.copilot-chat/**/*.{json,jsonl}
Copilot CLI~/.copilot/session-state/**/*.{json,jsonl}
JetBrains Copilot~/.copilot/jb/**/partition-*.jsonl
Claude Code~/.claude/projects/**/*.jsonl
Gemini CLI~/.gemini/tmp/**/session-*.jsonl
Antigravity~/.gemini/antigravity/brain/**/.system_generated/logs/transcript.jsonl
OpenCode<XDG_DATA_HOME>/opencode/storage/session/**/ses_*.json
Debug logsworkspaceStorage/*/GitHub.copilot-chat/debug-logs/*/main.jsonl

Debug logs use llm_request JSONL events that contain an attrs.model field — this is the most authoritative source of model IDs for VS Code chat sessions.

Usage

bash
# Default: scan last 30 days, at most 20 files per platform
node .github/skills/validate-model-pricing/validate-model-pricing.js

# Widen the look-back window
node .github/skills/validate-model-pricing/validate-model-pricing.js --days 90

# Scan more files per platform
node .github/skills/validate-model-pricing/validate-model-pricing.js --max 50

# Machine-readable JSON output
node .github/skills/validate-model-pricing/validate-model-pricing.js --json

# Show all models from logs, even those that do match a pricing entry
node .github/skills/validate-model-pricing/validate-model-pricing.js --verbose
Options
FlagMeaning
--days NOnly consider files modified within the last N days (default 30; 0 = no limit)
--max NAnalyze at most N most-recent files per platform (default 20)
--jsonEmit machine-readable JSON only
--verboseAlso list models that matched a pricing entry
-h, --helpShow usage
Show full SKILL.md (159 more words)Show less
Exit codes
CodeMeaning
0Completed successfully (unknown models are informational, not errors)
2Configuration / environment error (bad args, missing modelPricing.json)

Interpreting Output

UNKNOWN models

A model ID found in log files that has no exact key in modelPricing.json. This means cost estimation falls back to gpt-4o-mini pricing.

Common causes:

  • New model released after the pricing file was last updated
  • Dot/hyphen format mismatch — e.g. mistral-medium-3.5 vs mistral-medium-3-5
  • Model ID contains a copilot/ prefix that was not stripped

Resolution: Add the model key (and a copilotPricing block if applicable) to src/modelPricing.json, then re-run the skill to confirm coverage.

UNUSED LOCALLY models

A key in modelPricing.json that matched no model ID in the scanned log files. These entries are not errors — they may be used on other machines, by teammates (via the sharing server), or be pre-emptively added for future models.

Files in This Directory

  • SKILL.md — This file; instructions for the skill
  • validate-model-pricing.js — Node.js script that performs the scan and comparison

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

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/validate-model-pricing of rajbos/ai-engineering-fluency.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 257ede3

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Questions about Validate Model Pricing

What does Validate Model Pricing do?

Find all model IDs referenced in local AI-coding session log files and debug logs, then compare them against the keys in src/modelPricing.json. Validate Model Pricing is an agent skill from rajbos/ai-engineering-fluency.json.

When should I use Validate Model Pricing?

Validate Model Pricing fits situations like: development work in your project.

How do I install Validate Model Pricing in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add rajbos/ai-engineering-fluency --skill validate-model-pricing -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/validate-model-pricing in rajbos/ai-engineering-fluency) into .claude/skills/validate-model-pricing in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Validate Model Pricing in Codex?

Run `npx skills add rajbos/ai-engineering-fluency --skill validate-model-pricing -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/validate-model-pricing in rajbos/ai-engineering-fluency) into .agents/skills/validate-model-pricing in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Validate Model Pricing 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 rajbos/ai-engineering-fluency --skill validate-model-pricing -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/validate-model-pricing, .gemini/skills/validate-model-pricing, .github/skills/validate-model-pricing and .opencode/skills/validate-model-pricing in your project.

What does Validate Model Pricing need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Validate Model Pricing needs the command-line tools its instructions call (node). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Validate Model Pricing 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 Validate Model Pricing 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 Validate Model Pricing use?

Validate Model Pricing 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 Validate Model Pricing use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.6k 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 Validate Model Pricing?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Validate Model Pricing: Vercel Composition Patterns (supabase/supabase, 111k stars), Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 297k stars), Typescript Advanced Types (rolling-scopes/rsschool-app, 10k stars) and PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Validate Model Pricing?

rajbos (a GitHub user) maintains it in rajbos/ai-engineering-fluency, which has 116 GitHub stars. The repository holds 21 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: rajbos/ai-engineering-fluency on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.