elevenlabs-cost-tuning vs scope-appropriate-architecture

Two Engineering Claude Code skills, side by side. Pick the right skill for your workflow with a side-by-side look at metadata, sample code, and install commands.

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Sample code from each SKILL.md

// src/elevenlabs/cost-aware-tts.ts
type ContentType = "greeting" | "notification" | "narration" | "premium";

function selectCostEffectiveModel(contentType: ContentType): {
  modelId: string;
  costMultiplier: number;
} {
  switch (contentType) {
    case "greeting":
    case "notification":
      // Short, functional audio — Flash is fine
      return { modelId: "eleven_flash_v2_5", costMultiplier: 0.5 };

    case "narration":
…

Tier 2 (Prototype) → Tier 3 (MVP)
  Add: Postgres, basic auth, error boundaries, CI

Tier 3 (MVP) → Tier 4 (Growth)
  Add: Redis cache, background jobs, monitoring, module boundaries

Tier 4 (Growth) → Tier 5 (Enterprise)
  Add: DI, bounded contexts, message queues, full observability
  Extract: First microservice (only the proven bottleneck)

When to choose each

elevenlabs-cost-tuning — Optimize ElevenLabs costs through model selection, character-efficient patterns, caching, and usage monitoring with budget alerts. Use when analyzing ElevenLabs billing, reducing character usage, or implementing quota…

scope-appropriate-architecture — Right-sizes architecture to project scope. Prevents over-engineering by classifying projects into 6 tiers and constraining pattern choices accordingly. Use when designing architecture, selecting patterns, or when…

Both are free to install. If you're unsure, install both — Claude Code skills are isolated by filename and only collide if their trigger phrases overlap (rare). The richest signal is the SKILL.md body itself — open both skill pages and read the first paragraph of each.

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