token-budget-advisorlisted

# Token Budget Advisor This skill provides early assessment of token-heavy tasks and recommends chunking strategies to ensure successful completion within context window constraints. ## When to Use This Skill Trigger this skill **before beginning work** when you detect: - Multiple file uploads (3+ documents) combined with analysis requests - Requests for "comprehensive", "complete", "thorough", or "full" analysis - Multi-document comparative analysis - Complex workflows requiring 10+ tool calls (extensive web research + synthesis) - Tasks combining heavy research with large artifacts (reports, presentations) - Queries spanning multiple dimensions (temporal + categorical + quantitative) - Requests to "analyze everything" or "create a complete report on all aspects" ## Core Function This skill serves two purposes: 1. **Early warning system**: Assess whether a task will likely exceed token limits 2. **Strategic planning**: Provide specific, actionable chunking recommendations ## Token Estimation Framework ### Quick Assessment Heuristics Estimate token consumption using these rough guidelines: **Input costs:** - Uploaded document: ~1,000-5,000 tokens each (depending on length) - Web search result: ~500-1,500 tokens - Web fetch (full article): ~2,000-8,000 tokens - Google Drive document: ~1,000-10,000 tokens (varies significantly) **Output costs:** - Simple response: 500-2,000 tokens - Detailed analysis: 2,000-5,000 tokens - Long-form report: 5,000-15,000 tokens - Comp