anth-cost-tuning
Optimize Anthropic Claude API costs with model routing, prompt caching, batching, and spend monitoring. Use when analyzing Claude API billing, reducing costs, or implementing cost controls and budget alerts. Trigger with phrases like "anthropic cost", "claude billing", "reduce claude spend", "anthropic budget", "claude pricing optimize". '
npx skills add jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills --skill anth-cost-tuning --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Anthropic Cost Tuning ## Overview Optimize Claude API spend through model routing, prompt caching, the Message Batches API, and real-time cost tracking. The four biggest levers: model selection (4-19x), prompt caching (10x input), batches (2x), and `max_tokens` discipline. ## Pricing Reference (per million tokens) | Model | Input | Output | Cache Read | Cache Write | |-------|-------|--------|--
What does the anth-cost-tuning skill do?
Optimize Anthropic Claude API costs with model routing, prompt caching, batching, and spend monitoring. Use when analyzing Claude API billing, reducing costs, or implementing cost controls and budget alerts. Trigger with phrases like "anthropic cost", "claude billing", "reduce claude spend", "anthropic budget", "claude pricing optimize". '
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills --skill anth-cost-tuning --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills, a repository with 2,596 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.
