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Run npx skillmds@latest add nateruze/trigger-cost-savings in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

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Is Trigger Cost Savings free to use?

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Who published Trigger Cost Savings?

nateruze (@nateruze) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Trigger Cost Savings by nateruze — Agent Skill

Name: Trigger Cost Savings
Author: nateruze

Trigger Cost Savings

Analyze Trigger.dev tasks, schedules, and runs for cost optimization opportunities. Use when asked to reduce spend, optimize costs, audit usage, right-size machines, or review task efficiency. Combines static source analysis with live run analysis via the Trigger.dev MCP tools (list_runs, get_run_details, get_current_worker).

nateruze Updated Sep 17, 2026

File contents

Trigger.dev Cost Savings Analysis

The full, version-pinned cost-audit workflow ships inside your installed @trigger.dev/sdk. Read it before giving recommendations so they match the SDK version in this project:

Skill: node_modules/@trigger.dev/sdk/skills/trigger-cost-savings/SKILL.md — the static-analysis checklist, the MCP run-analysis steps (list_runs, get_run_details, get_current_worker), the report format, and the machine-preset cost table.
Docs: the canonical guidance is bundled at node_modules/@trigger.dev/sdk/docs/how-to-reduce-your-spend.mdx, with supporting pages under node_modules/@trigger.dev/sdk/docs/ (machines.mdx, runs/max-duration.mdx, queue-concurrency.mdx, idempotency.mdx, triggering.mdx, errors-retrying.mdx).

If those paths don't exist, @trigger.dev/sdk isn't installed yet — install it first. In a non-hoisted layout, resolve the package with node -p "require.resolve('@trigger.dev/sdk/package.json')" and read skills/ + docs/ beside it.

Live run analysis needs the Trigger.dev MCP server (npx trigger.dev@4.5.8 install-mcp). Without it, do the static source analysis only — never fabricate run data.

Key principles

Waits > 5 seconds are free — checkpointed, no compute charge.
Start small, scale up — the default small-1x is right for most tasks; right-size down tasks stuck on large-* with short durations.
I/O-bound tasks don't need big machines — API calls and DB queries wait on the network.
Add maxDuration — cap runaway compute.
Debounce high-frequency triggers — consolidate bursts into single runs.
Idempotency keys prevent duplicate billed work.
AbortTaskRunError stops wasteful retries — don't pay to retry permanent failures.

References

Sibling skills: trigger-authoring-tasks (the task options these levers tune: machine, maxDuration, retry, queue, idempotency), trigger-realtime-and-frontend, trigger-authoring-chat-agent and trigger-chat-agent-advanced (AI agents).

---name: trigger-cost-savingsdescription: Analyze Trigger.dev tasks, schedules, and runs for cost optimization opportunities. Use when asked to reduce spend, optimize costs, audit usage, right-size machines, or review task efficiency. Combines static source analysis with live run analysis via the Trigger.dev MCP tools (list_runs, get_run_details, get_current_worker).---# Trigger.dev Cost Savings AnalysisThe full, version-pinned cost-audit workflow ships **inside your installed `@trigger.dev/sdk`**. Read it before giving recommendations so they match the SDK version in this project:- **Skill:** `node_modules/@trigger.dev/sdk/skills/trigger-cost-savings/SKILL.md` — the static-analysis checklist, the MCP run-analysis steps (`list_runs`, `get_run_details`, `get_current_worker`), the report format, and the machine-preset cost table.- **Docs:** the canonical guidance is bundled at `node_modules/@trigger.dev/sdk/docs/how-to-reduce-your-spend.mdx`, with supporting pages under `node_modules/@trigger.dev/sdk/docs/` (`machines.mdx`, `runs/max-duration.mdx`, `queue-concurrency.mdx`, `idempotency.mdx`, `triggering.mdx`, `errors-retrying.mdx`).If those paths don't exist, `@trigger.dev/sdk` isn't installed yet — install it first. In a non-hoisted layout, resolve the package with `node -p "require.resolve('@trigger.dev/sdk/package.json')"` and read `skills/` + `docs/` beside it.Live run analysis needs the Trigger.dev MCP server (`npx trigger.dev@4.5.8 install-mcp`). Without it, do the static source analysis only — never fabricate run data.## Key principles- **Waits > 5 seconds are free** — checkpointed, no compute charge.- **Start small, scale up** — the default `small-1x` is right for most tasks; right-size down tasks stuck on `large-*` with short durations.- **I/O-bound tasks don't need big machines** — API calls and DB queries wait on the network.- **Add `maxDuration`** — cap runaway compute.- **Debounce high-frequency triggers** — consolidate bursts into single runs.- **Idempotency keys prevent duplicate billed work.**- **`AbortTaskRunError` stops wasteful retries** — don't pay to retry permanent failures.## ReferencesSibling skills: **trigger-authoring-tasks** (the task options these levers tune: `machine`, `maxDuration`, `retry`, `queue`, idempotency), **trigger-realtime-and-frontend**, **trigger-authoring-chat-agent** and **trigger-chat-agent-advanced** (AI agents).

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