Menu

Individual skill

frugal

Find the cheapest honest way to get what the user wants before money is spent: free tiers, right-sized plans, annual billing, startup, student, open-source or nonprofit programs, verified promo codes, cashback, refurbished, price history, negotiation, and cheaper or open-source alternatives. Use whenever a task involves paying, even if the user did not ask to save: buying, ordering, subscribing, upgrading, renewing, adding seats, finding or booking flights and hotels, signing up for paid tools (including ones a video or tutorial recommends), choosing a paid SaaS, API, LLM model, cloud, hosting or domain, or when a pricing, billing, cart or checkout page is open. Also for: where to buy, cheaper way, promo code, coupon, discount, deal, too expensive, cut our bill, קופון, הנחה, יותר זול. Effort scales with the amount; never pays by itself.

plugins/fainir/frugal/skills/frugal/SKILL.md

Read pinned source

Source commit d780783eba4ecc7c8b9429f95c9362df95f07c61

What was checked

Matches the observed repository HEAD
Yes
Scanner rules are current
No
Repository scan complete
No
Skill scan complete
No
Observed behavior
Not checked yet
Last checked
Nov 4, 2026

These are observations at the recorded commit, not a guarantee of safety. Review the source before running it.

Install this skill

Choose an agent in your Stack or copy a command below. Commands fetch the pinned commit and copy only this skill directory. Existing destinations are refused. Copying a command does not install anything.

An install command is unavailable: current rules, complete repository and skill scans, an eligible behavior level and a permitted license are required.

Repository context

Repository stars (not skill ratings)
1,537
Repository last updated
Nov 7, 2026
License
Apache-2.0

Observed agent integration: No specific integration evidence. Standard SKILL.md installation does not imply verified compatibility.

Files and excerpt

File metadata and permitted, redacted excerpts come from the recorded scan. Source links are pinned to that commit.

Browse files
Read excerpt

# Frugal

Before money moves, spend a proportionate amount of effort finding the cheapest honest way to get
the same outcome. Report it in a few lines, let the user choose, then carry on with the task.

The user rarely asks for this. That is the point: most overspending happens because nobody looked.
A good frugal check costs the user ten seconds of reading and often saves 20 to 100 percent.

## When it applies

Run a check when money is about to be committed, by the user or by you:

- The user wants to buy, order, subscribe, upgrade, renew, add seats, book travel or hire a service.
- You are about to pick or recommend something billed: a SaaS, an API, an LLM model, a cloud