| name | cost-projection |
| description | Forward-looking spend extrapolation. Computes a USD-per-day rate from the recent measurement window, projects to 7d/30d/90d/365d horizons, and surfaces "days until budget exhausted" when a budget is configured. Predictive counterpart to `cost-budget-check` (reactive). |
| argument-hint | [--window 7d] [--horizons 7d,30d,90d,365d] [--format table|json] |
| allowed-tools | Bash |
Forward-looking cost projection that pairs with cost-budget-check:
cost-budget-check answers "have we crossed the line?" — reactive
cost-projection answers "when will we cross the line?" — predictive
Algorithm
- Read all
session-* records from the cost-tracking namespace (same source cost-budget-check uses).
- Filter to a measurement window (default last 7 days on
capturedAt/startedAt).
- Compute the per-day burn rate:
windowSpend / windowDays.
- Linear-extrapolate to each requested horizon (default 7d/30d/90d/365d).
- If a budget is configured (
budget-config key set by cost-budget set):
- Compute "days until 75% / 90% / 100% consumed" at the current rate.
- Surface as a separate table block with
ALREADY REACHED markers for thresholds already exceeded.
Flags
--window Measurement window. Nh|Nd|Nw|Nm. Default 7d.
--horizons Projection horizons. Default 7d,30d,90d,365d.
--format table|json Default table (markdown).
Env: PROJECTION_NAMESPACE override (default cost-tracking), PROJECTION_QUIET=1 (alias for --format json).
Smoke transcript (3 sessions × $1 over 7d, $20 budget)
| Sessions in window | 3 |
| Window spend | $3.000000 |
| **USD per day** | **$0.428571** |
| All-time spend | $3.000000 across 3 sessions |
## Projected spend (linear extrapolation)
| Horizon | Days | Projected spend |
|---|---:|---:|
| 7d | 7 | $3.0000 |
| 30d | 30 | $12.8571 |
## Budget exhaustion ($20.00 configured)
| Threshold | Target | Remaining | Time at current rate |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| 75% | $15.00 | $12.00 | 28.0 days |
| 90% | $18.00 | $15.00 | 35.0 days |
| 100% | $20.00 | $17.00 | 39.7 days |
When to use
- Finance / SRE planning: hand the JSON output to a budget dashboard for "are we on track for the quarter?".
- CI gates:
cost-projection --format json | jq '.budget.exhaustion[2].daysUntilReached < 7' → fail builds when 100% exhaustion is < 1 week away.
- Post-workload-shift sanity check: after a big feature lands, re-run to verify the rate hasn't accelerated past expectations.
Stationarity assumption
Linear extrapolation assumes the current rate holds. The footer reminds operators to re-run after workload shifts. For drift detection over MULTIPLE windows, pair with cost-trend (which already covers benchmark-drift).