orca-accounting

name	orca-accounting
description	Record time, retries, and optional token, cache, and cost metrics for ORCA Framework workflows without fabricating precision.

ORCA Framework Accounting

What This Skill Is

A workflow accounting procedure for logging elapsed time, retries, outcome status, and optional token, cache, and cost signals per run.

Trigger

Use for meaningful runs, repeated workflows, eval passes, QA-heavy runs, or any workflow where operational efficiency matters.

Do Not Trigger

Do not fake exact token or cost numbers when the environment does not provide them.

Required Inputs

• Workflow type
• Run or issue ID
• Start and end context

Optional Inputs

• Token usage
• Cached-token or cache-read signals
• Cost estimate
• Retry breakdown by stage

Exact Workflow

1. Record workflow identity and timing.
2. Count retries and note which stages retried.
3. Record outcome status and stop reason.
4. Capture token, cache, or cost fields only when available or reasonably estimated.
5. Mark confidence as exact, estimated, or unavailable.
6. Write the metrics record using templates/workflow-metrics.md.

Expected Outputs

• Filled templates/workflow-metrics.md

Quality Bar

Metrics should be honest, comparable, and useful for spotting inefficient workflow stages.

Common Failure Modes

• pretending unavailable usage or cache data is exact
• ignoring retry burden
• recording raw numbers without stage context

Relationship To Other ORCA Framework Skills And Commands

Supports orca-trace, orca-eval, orca-review, QA workflows, and orca-metrics.