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Estimates token count and approximate cost for a code snippet.
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| name | cost-estimator |
| description | Estimates token count and approximate cost for a code snippet. |
Returns a cheap, naive token-count + cost estimate for a snippet.
from skills.cost_estimator.cost_estimator import estimate_cost
report = estimate_cost(snippet)
Returns a dict with token_count, model, estimated_usd.