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Token Budget Advisor

Category: General  ·  Sub-category: business-ops  ·  Last updated:
Offers the user an informed choice about how much response depth to consume before answering. Use this skill when the user explicitly wants to control response length, depth, or token budget. TRIGGER when: "token budget", "token count", "token usage", "token limit", "response length", "answer depth", "short version", "brief answer", "detailed answer", "exhaustive answer", "respuesta corta vs larga", "cuántos tokens", "ahorrar tokens", "responde al 50%", "dame la versión corta", "quiero controlar cuánto usas", or clear variants where the user is explicitly asking to control answer size or depth. DO NOT TRIGGER when: user has already specified a level in the current session (maintain it), the request is clearly a one-word answer, or "token" refers to auth/session/payment tokens rather than response size.
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From the source SKILL.md

Intercept the response flow to offer the user a choice about response depth before Claude answers.

What this skill does

Token Budget Advisor is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the business-ops sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/token-budget-advisor/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Token Budget Advisor Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 146,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/token-budget-advisor
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/token-budget-advisor/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/token-budget-advisor/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/token-budget-advisor/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/token-budget-advisor/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\token-budget-advisor\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Token Budget Advisor Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/token-budget-advisor/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Token Budget Advisor skill do?
Offers the user an informed choice about how much response depth to consume before answering. Use this skill when the user explicitly wants to control response length, depth, or token budget. TRIGGER when: "token budget", "token count", "token usage", "token limit", "response length", "answer depth", "short version", "brief answer", "detailed answer", "exhaustive answer", "respuesta corta vs larga", "cuántos tokens", "ahorrar tokens", "responde al 50%", "dame la versión corta", "quiero controlar cuánto usas", or clear variants where the user is explicitly asking to control answer size or depth. DO NOT TRIGGER when: user has already specified a level in the current session (maintain it), the request is clearly a one-word answer, or "token" refers to auth/session/payment tokens rather than response size.
Is this skill free to install?
Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.
When should I use the Token Budget Advisor skill?
Use Token Budget Advisor when your Claude Code task falls under the General category — specifically in the business ops area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Token Budget Advisor" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/general/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Token Budget Advisor skill fit in?
A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Token Budget Advisor is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

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APA
Xabilimon1. (2026). Token Budget Advisor [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/token-budget-advisor/
BibTeX
@misc{token-budget-advisor-2026,
  author    = {Xabilimon1},
  title     = {Token Budget Advisor [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/token-budget-advisor/}
}

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