adobe-cost-tuning

name	adobe-cost-tuning
description	Optimize Adobe API costs across Firefly Services (generative credits), PDF Services (document transactions), and Photoshop/Lightroom APIs. Use when analyzing Adobe billing, reducing API costs, or implementing usage monitoring and budget alerts. Trigger with phrases like "adobe cost", "adobe billing", "adobe credits", "reduce adobe costs", "adobe pricing", "adobe budget".
allowed-tools	Read, Grep
version	1.7.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
tags	["saas","design","adobe"]
compatibility	Designed for Claude Code

Adobe Cost Tuning

Overview

Optimize costs across Adobe's consumption-based APIs. Each API family has different pricing models: Firefly uses generative credits, PDF Services uses document transactions, and Photoshop/Lightroom use API call credits.

Prerequisites

• Access to Adobe Admin Console billing (https://adminconsole.adobe.com)
• Understanding of current API usage patterns
• Monitoring infrastructure for usage tracking

Instructions

Step 1: Understand Adobe API Pricing Models

API	Free Tier	Paid Unit	Key Limit
PDF Services	500 tx/month	Document Transaction	Per-page for extract, per-file for create
Firefly API	Trial credits	Generative Credit	1 credit per image generated
Photoshop API	Trial credits	API Credit	1 credit per operation (cutout, actions, etc.)
Lightroom API	Trial credits	API Credit	1 credit per auto-edit
I/O Events	Included	Free with entitlement	3,000 events/5sec rate limit
Document Generation	Part of PDF Services	Document Transaction	Per-document generated

Step 2: Track Usage per API

// src/adobe/usage-tracker.ts
interface ApiUsageEntry {
  api: 'firefly' | 'pdf-services' | 'photoshop' | 'lightroom';
  operation: string;
  timestamp: Date;
  durationMs: number;
  creditsUsed: number;
}

  {
   : [] = [];

  (: <, >):  {
    ..({ ...entry, :  () });
  }

  (): <, { : ; :  }> {
     now =  ();
     monthStart =  (now.(), now.(), );

     monthly = ..( e. >= monthStart);

     monthly.( {
       key = entry.;
       (!acc[key]) acc[key] = { : , :  };
      acc[key].++;
      acc[key]. += entry.;
       acc;
    }, {}  <, { : ; :  }>);
  }

  (: , : ): { : ; :  } {
     summary = .();
     used = summary[api]?. || ;
     remaining = monthlyLimit - used;
     { remaining, : remaining < monthlyLimit *  };
  }
}