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Cost Projection by ruvnet — Agent Skill

Name: Cost Projection
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: ruvnet

Cost Projection

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).

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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).

Source: ruvnet/ruflo → plugins/ruflo-cost-tracker/skills/cost-projection/SKILL.md

---name: cost-projectiondescription: 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).---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## Algorithm1. Read all `session-*` records from the `cost-tracking` namespace (same source `cost-budget-check` uses).2. Filter to a measurement window (default last 7 days on `capturedAt`/`startedAt`).3. Compute the per-day burn rate: `windowSpend / windowDays`.4. Linear-extrapolate to each requested horizon (default 7d/30d/90d/365d).5. 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 <duration> Measurement window. `Nh|Nd|Nw|Nm`. Default `7d`. --horizons <csv> 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 assumptionLinear 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).---**Source:** [`ruvnet/ruflo`](https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo) → `plugins/ruflo-cost-tracker/skills/cost-projection/SKILL.md`

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