Show HN: AI agent token cost calculator for Codex and Claude Code loops
A new AI agent token cost calculator has been introduced to help users estimate their monthly expenses related to AI operations. The tool allows users to input their token usage and provider pricing to calculate potential waste and cleanup opportunities. It emphasizes practical fixes to reduce costs, such as summarizing logs and optimizing command outputs.
- ▪The calculator estimates monthly spend and likely waste based on user inputs.
- ▪Users can adjust parameters like input and output token costs to see different scenarios.
- ▪The tool runs calculations directly in the browser without sending data externally.
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AI agent token calculator Estimate what noisy agent runs cost each month. Put in your average tokens, run frequency, and provider price. The calculator estimates monthly spend, likely waste, and whether a cleanup pass is economically obvious. Buy $199 Audit Read Checklist Quick estimate Use your actual provider price per million tokens. Input and output token costs separated Waste percentage adjustable Audit payback shown from your inputs Calculator Run the numbers. Defaults model an active coding-agent loop. Replace them with the rates and token counts from your AI provider or usage dashboard.
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