Token Budget Advisor

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name: token-budget-advisor description: "Offer users informed choice about response depth before answering. Control token usage, response length, and answer depth. Trigger phrases: token budget, token count, token usage, response length, short version, brief answer, detailed answer, exhaustive, save tokens. Adapted from everything-claude-code by @affaan-m (MIT)" metadata: {"clawdbot":{"emoji":"💰","requires":{"bins":[],"env":[]},"os":["linux","darwin","win32"]}}

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Token Budget Advisor

Intercept response flow to let users choose depth before answering.

When to Use

User mentions tokens, budget, depth, or response length

User says "short version", "tldr", "brief", "exhaustive", etc.

User wants to control detail level upfront

Do not trigger when: user already set depth this session, or answer is trivially one line.

Depth Options

Present before answering:

Input: ~[N] tokens | Type: [type] | Complexity: [level]
[1] Essential (25%)   -> ~[tokens]   Direct answer only
[2] Moderate (50%)    -> ~[tokens]   Answer + context + example
[3] Detailed (75%)    -> ~[tokens]   Multiple examples + alternatives
[4] Exhaustive (100%) -> ~[tokens]   Everything

Level Guide

| Level | Length | Include | Omit | |-------|--------|---------|------| | 25% | 2-4 sent | Direct answer, conclusion | Context, examples | | 50% | 1-3 para | Answer + context + 1 example | Deep analysis, edge cases | | 75% | Structured | Examples, pros/cons, alternatives | Extreme cases | | 100% | No limit | Everything | Nothing |

Shortcuts

If user signals depth, respond at that level immediately:

"1" / "25%" / "short" / "brief" / "tldr" → 25%

"2" / "50%" / "moderate" → 50%

"3" / "75%" / "detailed" → 75%

"4" / "100%" / "exhaustive" → 100%

Maintain user's chosen level for rest of session unless changed.

Estimation

Heuristic-based (no real tokenizer):

Input tokens = estimate from prompt size

Response window = input × complexity multiplier

Accuracy ~85-90%, variance ±15%