Skill profile

cost-mode

Cost-conscious Claude Code mode.

What this skill does for you

Cost-conscious Claude Code mode. Reduces output tokens 40-70% and overall costs 30-60% by enforcing concise responses, smart model routing, and efficient workflow patterns. Keeps full technical accuracy. Activate with /cost-mode or "enable cost mode". Auto-triggers on mentions of budget, cost, tokens, or spending.

Quoted from the skill description in the pinned source

Who made it

Publishersagargupta16

Repositoryclaude-cost-optimizer

Installs333as of Sep 27, 2026

Use it with Edge

Set up Edge for me: read getedge.cc/SKILL.md and follow it. Then use Edge to load the cost-mode skill from sagargupta16/claude-cost-optimizer.

Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or Cursor.

Or read the skill source first.

Security evidence

Security state at 2026-09-30: reviewed. State definitions. This records static evidence for this revision; live load eligibility is checked again.

3 static scans, 0 counted findings. The listed scanners recorded the results shown for this package revision.

Scanner	Date	Result
Edge static checks	2026-09-27	Pass
Cisco skill-scanner	2026-09-27	Pass
Semgrep Edge rules	2026-09-27	Pass

Static scans check the code, not how well the skill works.

Scanner scope, raw findings and mirrored provider records

Edge static checks (Edge-run): edge-static/1.0.1. Scope: Static patterns for remote execution, credentials with network sends, obfuscation, prompt overrides, hidden Unicode, binaries and persistence. Revision: 4903708b2157cedc649e0ec029fea93f40db83cb. Raw findings: . Counted findings: .

Cisco skill-scanner (Edge-run): cisco-skill-scanner/2.1.0. Scope: Local static, YARA, pipeline and behavioral analyzers; no LLM or AI Defense analysis. Revision: 4903708b2157cedc649e0ec029fea93f40db83cb. Raw findings: 1. Counted findings: .

Semgrep Edge rules (Edge-run): semgrep/1.178.0+edge-rules.c15016a36fd3+offline-v1. Scope: Six Edge-authored static rules with Semgrep CE; offline execution and metrics disabled. Semgrep-maintained rules excluded. Revision: 4903708b2157cedc649e0ec029fea93f40db83cb. Raw findings: . Counted findings: .

Source and licence

Repository: https://github.com/sagargupta16/claude-cost-optimizer
Pinned skill file: View source at revision
Revision: 4903708b2157cedc649e0ec029fea93f40db83cb
Package hash: sha256:867070d1396a712dd654cd8d9a67aa07c164ec4f00e30ef6c1980e84709519e3
Licence: MIT