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Keep a governed session within budget. Use this before long-running agent work, bulk processing, or any task where spend pressure could change the plan.
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Run objective, repeatable improvement work under an immutable verifier and hard iteration, cost, time, and no-progress limits. Use for approved experiments with an automated metric and sandboxed worker.
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Operate inside a ControlKeel-governed session. Use this before code edits, shell execution, delegation, deploy work, or any task that needs CK validation, findings, budget, proof, or routing context.
Close a governed work session with validation, proof, findings, budget, digest, learning, and handoff checks. Use when the user asks to wrap up, stop for the day, or leave work ready for another agent.
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Persist session state and hand off in-progress work to a background agent or delegated execution. Use when work outgrows the current session, context is near limit, or a task needs to continue unattended.
| name | cost-optimization |
| description | Keep a governed session within budget. Use this before long-running agent work, bulk processing, or any task where spend pressure could change the plan. |
| when_to_use | Activate before multi-step agent loops, batch processing, large model calls, or when the user asks about cost, budget, spend, or wants to compare model options. |
| argument-hint | [task or operation to optimize] |
| disable-model-invocation | true |
| license | Apache-2.0 |
| compatibility | ["codex","claude-standalone","claude-plugin","copilot-plugin","github-repo","open-standard","cline-native","cursor-native","windsurf-native","continue-native","letta-code-native","pi-native","roo-native","goose-native","opencode-native","gemini-cli-native","kiro-native","kilo-native","amp-native","augment-native","hermes-native","multica-native","openclaw-native","devin-terminal-native","warp-native","droid-bundle","forge-acp"] |
| metadata | {"author":"controlkeel","version":"2.0","category":"budget","ck_mcp_tools":["ck_budget","ck_context","ck_route","ck_cost_optimizer"]} |
ck_budget.ck_route to prefer cheaper valid agents when quality permits.ck_cost_optimizer to discover savings models, caching strategies, and local model alternatives.