feat: salvage cost tracking and skill scout (#1815)

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name: cost-tracking
description: Track and report Claude Code token usage, spending, and budgets from a local cost-tracking database. Use when the user asks about costs, spending, usage, tokens, budgets, or cost breakdowns by project, tool, session, or date.
origin: community
---
# Cost Tracking
Use this skill to analyze Claude Code cost and usage history from a local SQLite
database. It is intended for users who already have a cost-tracking hook or
plugin writing usage rows to `~/.claude-cost-tracker/usage.db`.
Source: salvaged from stale community PR #1304 by `MayurBhavsar`.
## When to Use
- The user asks "how much have I spent?", "what did this session cost?", or
"what is my token usage?"
- The user mentions budgets, spending limits, overruns, or cost controls.
- The user wants a cost breakdown by project, tool, session, model, or date.
- The user wants to compare today against yesterday or inspect a recent trend.
- The user asks for a CSV export of recent usage records.
## How It Works
First verify prerequisites:
```bash
command -v sqlite3 >/dev/null && echo "sqlite3 available" || echo "sqlite3 missing"
test -f ~/.claude-cost-tracker/usage.db && echo "Database found" || echo "Database not found"
```
If the database is missing, do not fabricate usage data. Tell the user that cost
tracking is not configured and suggest installing or enabling a trusted local
cost-tracking hook/plugin.
The expected `usage` table usually contains one row per tool call or model
interaction. Column names vary by tracker, but the examples below assume:
| Column | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| `timestamp` | ISO timestamp for the usage event |
| `project` | Project or repository name |
| `tool_name` | Tool or event name |
| `input_tokens` | Input token count, when recorded |
| `output_tokens` | Output token count, when recorded |
| `cost_usd` | Precomputed cost in USD |
| `session_id` | Claude Code session identifier |
| `model` | Model used for the event |
Prefer `cost_usd` over hand-calculating pricing. Model prices and cache pricing
change over time, and the tracker should be the source of truth for how each row
was priced.
## Examples
### Quick Summary
```bash
sqlite3 ~/.claude-cost-tracker/usage.db "
SELECT
'Today: $' || ROUND(COALESCE(SUM(CASE WHEN date(timestamp) = date('now') THEN cost_usd END), 0), 4) ||
' | Total: $' || ROUND(COALESCE(SUM(cost_usd), 0), 4) ||
' | Calls: ' || COUNT(*) ||
' | Sessions: ' || COUNT(DISTINCT session_id)
FROM usage;
"
```
### Cost By Project
```bash
sqlite3 -header -column ~/.claude-cost-tracker/usage.db "
SELECT project, ROUND(SUM(cost_usd), 4) AS cost, COUNT(*) AS calls
FROM usage
GROUP BY project
ORDER BY cost DESC;
"
```
### Cost By Tool
```bash
sqlite3 -header -column ~/.claude-cost-tracker/usage.db "
SELECT tool_name, ROUND(SUM(cost_usd), 4) AS cost, COUNT(*) AS calls
FROM usage
GROUP BY tool_name
ORDER BY cost DESC;
"
```
### Last Seven Days
```bash
sqlite3 -header -column ~/.claude-cost-tracker/usage.db "
SELECT date(timestamp) AS date, ROUND(SUM(cost_usd), 4) AS cost, COUNT(*) AS calls
FROM usage
GROUP BY date(timestamp)
ORDER BY date DESC
LIMIT 7;
"
```
### Session Drilldown
```bash
sqlite3 -header -column ~/.claude-cost-tracker/usage.db "
SELECT session_id,
MIN(timestamp) AS started,
MAX(timestamp) AS ended,
ROUND(SUM(cost_usd), 4) AS cost,
COUNT(*) AS calls
FROM usage
GROUP BY session_id
ORDER BY started DESC
LIMIT 10;
"
```
## Reporting Guidance
When presenting cost data, include:
1. Today's spend and yesterday comparison.
2. Total spend across the tracked database.
3. Top projects ranked by cost.
4. Top tools ranked by cost.
5. Session count and average cost per session when enough data exists.
For small amounts, format currency with four decimal places. For larger amounts,
two decimals are enough.
## Anti-Patterns
- Do not estimate costs from raw token counts when `cost_usd` is present.
- Do not assume the database exists without checking.
- Do not run unbounded `SELECT *` exports on large databases.
- Do not hard-code current model pricing in user-facing answers.
- Do not recommend installing unreviewed hooks or plugins that execute arbitrary
code.
## Related
- `/cost-report` - Command-form report using the same database.
- `cost-aware-llm-pipeline` - Model-routing and budget-design patterns.
- `token-budget-advisor` - Context and token-budget planning.
- `strategic-compact` - Context compaction to reduce repeated token spend.

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name: skill-scout
description: Search existing local, marketplace, GitHub, and web skill sources before creating a new skill. Use when the user wants to create, build, fork, or find a skill for a workflow.
origin: community
---
# Skill Scout
Use this skill before creating a new skill. The goal is to avoid duplicating
existing community or marketplace work, while still vetting anything external
before adoption.
Source: salvaged from stale community PR #1232 by `redminwang`.
## When to Use
- The user says "create a skill", "build a skill", "make a skill", or "new
skill".
- The user asks "is there a skill for X?" or "does a skill exist that does Y?"
- The user describes a workflow and you are about to suggest creating a new
skill.
- The user wants to fork or extend an existing skill.
If the user explicitly says to skip search or create from scratch, acknowledge
that and proceed with the requested creation workflow.
## How It Works
### Step 1 - Capture Intent
Extract:
- The task the skill should perform.
- The trigger conditions for using it.
- The domain, tools, frameworks, or data sources involved.
- Three to five search keywords plus useful synonyms.
### Step 2 - Search Local Sources
Search installed and marketplace skill names first. Local sources are preferred
because they are already part of the user's environment.
```bash
find ~/.claude/skills -maxdepth 2 -name SKILL.md 2>/dev/null | grep -iE "keyword|synonym"
find ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces -path '*/skills/*/SKILL.md' 2>/dev/null | grep -iE "keyword|synonym"
```
Then search frontmatter descriptions:
```bash
grep -RilE "keyword|synonym" ~/.claude/skills ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces 2>/dev/null
```
### Step 3 - Search Remote Sources
Use available GitHub and web search tools. Prefer concise queries:
```bash
gh search repos "claude code skill keyword" --limit 10 --sort stars
gh search code "name: keyword" --filename SKILL.md --limit 10
```
For web search, use at most three targeted queries such as:
```text
"claude code skill" keyword
"SKILL.md" keyword
"everything-claude-code" keyword
```
### Step 4 - Vet External Matches
Before recommending any external skill for adoption or forking:
- Read the `SKILL.md` frontmatter and instructions.
- Look for unexpected shell commands, file writes, network calls, credential
handling, or package installs.
- Check whether the repository appears maintained.
- Prefer copying into a fresh local branch and reviewing the diff over editing
marketplace originals.
### Step 5 - Rank Results
Rank candidates by:
1. Exact keyword match in the skill name.
2. Keyword or synonym match in description.
3. Local installed or marketplace source.
4. Maintained GitHub source with recent activity.
5. Web-only mention.
Cap the final list at 10 results.
### Step 6 - Present Decision Options
Give the user a short table:
| Option | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| Use existing | Invoke or install a matching skill as-is. |
| Fork or extend | Copy the closest skill and modify it. |
| Create fresh | Build a new skill after confirming no close match exists. |
Only create a new skill after the user chooses that path or after the search
finds no close match.
## Examples
### Result Table
```markdown
| # | Skill | Source | Why it matches | Gap |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | article-writing | Local ECC | Drafts articles and guides | Not focused on release notes |
| 2 | content-engine | Local ECC | Multi-format content workflow | Heavier than needed |
| 3 | blog-writer | GitHub | Blog writing skill with recent commits | Needs security review |
```
### User-Facing Summary
```markdown
I found two close local matches and one external candidate. The closest fit is
`article-writing`; it covers drafting and revision, but it does not include the
release-note checklist you asked for. I can either use it as-is, fork it into a
release-note variant, or create a fresh skill.
```
## Anti-Patterns
- Do not jump directly to new skill creation when a search is reasonable.
- Do not install external skills without reading them first.
- Do not present a long unranked list of weak matches.
- Do not treat web-only mentions as trusted sources.
- Do not edit installed marketplace originals in place.
## Related
- `search-first` - General search-before-building workflow.
- `skill-stocktake` - Audit installed skills for health, duplicates, and gaps.
- `agent-sort` - Categorize and organize existing agents and skills.