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token-budget-gate
Estimates token cost before a multi-step task and outputs a 4-tier Green/Yellow/Orange/Red gate verdict. Records actual vs. estimated after completion when a mechanical usage source exists. Triggers on "token budget", "how much will this cost", "will this be expensive", "estimate tokens", before long multi-agent tasks.
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# token-budget-gate — Pre-Task Token Cost Gate
Multi-step and multi-agent tasks can silently consume large token budgets. This skill estimates cost before execution, outputs a gate verdict, and calibrates estimates against actual usage after completion — preventing surprise overruns without blocking legitimate work.
> **FH context**: FH default execution tier is `standard` (~15K tokens). This skill gates against accidental `full` (~30K) or `max` (~60K+) consumption on tasks that could be handled lighter.
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## Triggers
- `/token-budget-gate`
- "token budget", "token cost", "how expensive", "will this use a lot of tokens"
- "estimate tokens", "token estimate before we start"
- Before invoking: `agent-composer`, `sim-conductor`, `steel-quench` (max-tier skills)