# Plan Token Budgets for Large AI Tasks

Large AI tasks can overrun token budgets and lose context. This skill estimates usage, splits work into chunks, and creates checkpointed execution plans.

## Install

```bash
npx skillstore add dnyoussef/when-managing-token-budget-use-token-budget-advisor
```

## Metadata

- Status: approved
- Slug: dnyoussef-when-managing-token-budget-use-token-budget-advisor
- Version: 1.0.0
- Author version: 1.0.0
- Skillstore revision: r1
- Version status: valid
- Tree hash: 00e73476169bf3c1d1a61de56195511743fed03788834afd7e199a8803d19994
- Author: DNYoussef
- GitHub username: DNYoussef
- License: MIT
- Repository: https://github.com/DNYoussef/ai-chrome-extension/tree/main/.claude/skills/meta-tools/when-managing-token-budget-use-token-budget-advisor
- Ref: 0519034dad657fb1f7706e0550e962beeda73fdf
- Supported tools: Claude, Codex, Claude Code
- Audit status: complete
- Agent install advisory: allowed
- Manual install advisory: allowed
- Artifact signature: available
- Audit attestation: unavailable
- Human verification: not\_verified
- Risk factors: external\_commands
- Quality score: 50
- Quality tier: warning
- Public page: https://skillstore.pages.dev/skills/dnyoussef-when-managing-token-budget-use-token-budget-advisor
- Manifest: https://skillstore.pages.dev/api/skills/dnyoussef-when-managing-token-budget-use-token-budget-advisor/manifest

## Capabilities

- Assess current token usage against a configured limit and safety buffer.
- Estimate task complexity with base token costs and multipliers.
- Recommend chunking strategies with dependencies, priorities, and outputs.
- Generate execution plans with checkpoints and contingency steps.
- Track estimated versus actual usage to improve later planning.

## Use Cases

- Plan a Large Feature Build: Estimate total token cost, split the work into phases, and define checkpoints before implementation starts.
- Stay Within a Context Limit: Check remaining budget, reduce scope, and choose the next highest value task when context is limited.
- Schedule a Documentation Migration: Break a large writing or migration project into chunks with clear outputs and review points.

## Prompt Templates

### Estimate a Simple Task

```
Estimate tokens for this task and tell me if it fits my remaining budget: [task]. I have [remaining] tokens.
```

### Create a Chunked Plan

```
Plan this task within [token limit] tokens: [task]. Include chunks, dependencies, estimates, and checkpoints.
```

### Prioritize a Tight Budget

```
I have [remaining] tokens left and this backlog: [items]. Rank work by value, cost, risk, and deferrable scope.
```

### Design a Multi-Agent Budget

```
Create a budget plan for this multi-agent project: [project]. Estimate agent costs, handoffs, checkpoints, and fallback options.
```

## Limitations

- Requires current usage data or reliable estimates from the user or system.
- Uses heuristics, so actual token use can differ from estimates.
- Does not enforce hard limits inside the model runtime.
- Command examples assume claude-flow is installed, trusted, and approved.

## Best Practices

- Start with a real token limit, current usage, and a safety buffer.
- Record actual usage at checkpoints so later estimates improve.
- Reduce or defer low-value scope before the budget becomes critical.

## Anti Patterns

- Planning a large task as one uninterrupted session without checkpoints.
- Ignoring testing, documentation, or integration overhead in estimates.
- Running command examples without confirming package trust and local impact.

## Security Audit

- Audited at: 2026-07-09T12:17:12.582\+00:00
- Summary: The confirmed risk is limited to documented npx claude-flow@alpha command execution in SKILL.md and PROCESS.md. Most scanner hits are false positives from Markdown fences, JavaScript template literals, or a benign Object.keys call, and no prompt injection evidence was found.

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