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  Name: coffer-cli
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- Version: 0.1.1
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+ Version: 0.2.0
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  Summary: Scan codebases for LLM cost-waste anti-patterns. Find retry storms, missing prompt caching, unbounded conversation history, agent loops without iteration caps, and more — before you ship.
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  Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/neal-c611/coffer-cli
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  Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/neal-c611/coffer-cli
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  coffer scan ./my-app --json # for CI / Claude Code skill consumption
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  coffer prices # current model pricing table
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  coffer compare gpt-4o gpt-4o-mini
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+ coffer install-skill # install the Claude Code skill (see below)
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  ```
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- ## What it catches (v0.1.0)
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+ ## What it catches (v0.2.0)
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- Detectors are organized by the four levers that drive LLM cost:
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+ Every detector here passes one test: **does fixing it reduce dollars billed
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+ by the LLM provider?** Reliability, observability, and metering issues that
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+ don't move the token bill are deliberately excluded (see "Not in scope" below).
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  | Lever | Detector | Severity |
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  | **A: input tokens** | `dynamic_before_static_cache_break` — f-string interpolation in `SYSTEM_PROMPT` defeats OpenAI auto-cache and Anthropic `cache_control` | 🚨 high |
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  | | `unbounded_conversation_history` — `messages.append(...)` without truncation or summarization | 🟡 med |
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  | | `uncached_large_prompt` — ≥2,000-char hardcoded prompt without nearby `cache_control` | 🟡 med |
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- | **B: output tokens** | `missing_max_tokens` — LLM call without a `max_tokens` cap | 🟡 med |
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- | | `reasoning_effort_high_default` — `reasoning_effort="high"` literal (up to ~20× extra reasoning tokens on trivial tasks) | 🟡 med |
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+ | **B: output tokens** | `reasoning_effort_high_default` — `reasoning_effort="high"` literal (up to ~20× extra reasoning tokens on trivial tasks) | 🟡 med |
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  | **D: number of calls** | `llm_in_for_loop` — N× cost; gather is a latency fix, not a cost fix | 🟡 med |
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  | | `agent_loop_no_max_iter` — `while True:` containing an LLM call without an iteration cap (the $47K-incident pattern) | 🚨 high |
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  | | `temperature_nonzero_with_cache_hint` — cache layer nearby but `temperature > 0` silently breaks it | 🟡 med |
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- | **E: architecture** | `retry_loop_no_backoff` — retry storm amplifies the bill 10× | 🚨 high |
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- | | `sdk_init_no_timeout` — default 600s lets a hung provider block your thread | 🚨 high |
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+ | **E: architecture** | `retry_loop_no_backoff` — retry storm re-bills the same input tokens, can amplify spend 10× | 🚨 high |
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  Each finding includes a concrete fix and explains the *cost* angle
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  explicitly (we do not conflate latency fixes with cost fixes).
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+ ### Not in scope (production-readiness, not cost-review)
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+ These are real problems but `coffer scan` deliberately doesn't flag them —
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+ fixing them doesn't change the token bill, and conflating them with cost
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+ findings makes both reviews less useful:
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+ - **SDK init without `timeout=`** — worker exhaustion / availability issue.
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+ The tokens for a hung call were already produced; capping timeout reclaims
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+ threads, not dollars.
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+ - **Missing `response.usage` capture** — metering / billing-ops issue. The
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+ provider charged you correctly either way.
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+ - **`logger.info(prompt)` on hot path** — observability bill (Datadog /
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+ Splunk), not LLM bill.
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+ - **Missing `idempotency_key`** — correctness / occasional double-charge,
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+ but the fix is reliability engineering, not cost reduction.
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+ A separate "production-readiness" review skill is the right home for those.
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  ## Use with Claude Code (the skill)
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  The `coffer-cost-review` Claude Code skill in [`skills/`](skills/coffer-cost-review/)
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  works, public endpoints without rate limit, ...)
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  4. Produce a severity-ranked review with concrete code-diff fixes
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+ Install (bundled with the CLI):
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  ```bash
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- git clone https://github.com/neal-c611/coffer-cli
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- mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
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- cp -r coffer-cli/skills/coffer-cost-review ~/.claude/skills/
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+ pipx install coffer-cli # if you don't have it yet
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+ coffer install-skill # copies the skill to ~/.claude/skills/
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  ```
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+ Then open Claude Code and ask *"review my LLM costs"*.
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+ To uninstall: `coffer uninstall-skill`.
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  ## What it deliberately does NOT do
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  coffer scan ./my-app --json # for CI / Claude Code skill consumption
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  coffer prices # current model pricing table
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  coffer compare gpt-4o gpt-4o-mini
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+ coffer install-skill # install the Claude Code skill (see below)
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  ```
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- ## What it catches (v0.1.0)
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+ ## What it catches (v0.2.0)
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- Detectors are organized by the four levers that drive LLM cost:
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+ Every detector here passes one test: **does fixing it reduce dollars billed
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+ by the LLM provider?** Reliability, observability, and metering issues that
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+ don't move the token bill are deliberately excluded (see "Not in scope" below).
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  | Lever | Detector | Severity |
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  | **A: input tokens** | `dynamic_before_static_cache_break` — f-string interpolation in `SYSTEM_PROMPT` defeats OpenAI auto-cache and Anthropic `cache_control` | 🚨 high |
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  | | `unbounded_conversation_history` — `messages.append(...)` without truncation or summarization | 🟡 med |
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  | | `uncached_large_prompt` — ≥2,000-char hardcoded prompt without nearby `cache_control` | 🟡 med |
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- | **B: output tokens** | `missing_max_tokens` — LLM call without a `max_tokens` cap | 🟡 med |
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- | | `reasoning_effort_high_default` — `reasoning_effort="high"` literal (up to ~20× extra reasoning tokens on trivial tasks) | 🟡 med |
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+ | **B: output tokens** | `reasoning_effort_high_default` — `reasoning_effort="high"` literal (up to ~20× extra reasoning tokens on trivial tasks) | 🟡 med |
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  | **D: number of calls** | `llm_in_for_loop` — N× cost; gather is a latency fix, not a cost fix | 🟡 med |
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  | | `agent_loop_no_max_iter` — `while True:` containing an LLM call without an iteration cap (the $47K-incident pattern) | 🚨 high |
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  | | `temperature_nonzero_with_cache_hint` — cache layer nearby but `temperature > 0` silently breaks it | 🟡 med |
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- | **E: architecture** | `retry_loop_no_backoff` — retry storm amplifies the bill 10× | 🚨 high |
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- | | `sdk_init_no_timeout` — default 600s lets a hung provider block your thread | 🚨 high |
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+ | **E: architecture** | `retry_loop_no_backoff` — retry storm re-bills the same input tokens, can amplify spend 10× | 🚨 high |
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  explicitly (we do not conflate latency fixes with cost fixes).
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+ ### Not in scope (production-readiness, not cost-review)
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+ These are real problems but `coffer scan` deliberately doesn't flag them —
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+ fixing them doesn't change the token bill, and conflating them with cost
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+ findings makes both reviews less useful:
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+ - **SDK init without `timeout=`** — worker exhaustion / availability issue.
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+ The tokens for a hung call were already produced; capping timeout reclaims
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+ threads, not dollars.
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+ - **Missing `response.usage` capture** — metering / billing-ops issue. The
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+ provider charged you correctly either way.
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+ - **`logger.info(prompt)` on hot path** — observability bill (Datadog /
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+ Splunk), not LLM bill.
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+ - **Missing `idempotency_key`** — correctness / occasional double-charge,
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+ but the fix is reliability engineering, not cost reduction.
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+ A separate "production-readiness" review skill is the right home for those.
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  ## Use with Claude Code (the skill)
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  The `coffer-cost-review` Claude Code skill in [`skills/`](skills/coffer-cost-review/)
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  works, public endpoints without rate limit, ...)
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  4. Produce a severity-ranked review with concrete code-diff fixes
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- mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
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- cp -r coffer-cli/skills/coffer-cost-review ~/.claude/skills/
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+ pipx install coffer-cli # if you don't have it yet
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+ coffer install-skill # copies the skill to ~/.claude/skills/
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  ```
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  name = "coffer-cli"
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  description = "Scan codebases for LLM cost-waste anti-patterns. Find retry storms, missing prompt caching, unbounded conversation history, agent loops without iteration caps, and more — before you ship."
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+ # them to the user's ~/.claude/skills/ directory.
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+ artifacts = ["src/coffer_cli/_skill_files/**/*"]
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- | missing_max_tokens | Add `max_tokens=<reasonable cap>` — unbounded output on edge inputs can 100× cost spike |
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+ | (semantic) missing_max_tokens | Add `max_tokens=<reasonable cap>` — unbounded output on edge inputs can 100× cost spike. |
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  | (semantic) llm_doing_regex_job | Extracting emails/URLs/dates from text? Use the stdlib regex or a NER library — millions of times cheaper. |
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- | retry_loop_no_backoff | `@backoff.on_exception(backoff.expo, X.RateLimitError, max_tries=5)` |
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- | public_endpoint_no_ratelimit | `@limiter.limit("10/minute")` + bind `user_id` to call metadata; consider per-user daily $ cap. Limit by **tokens**, not just requests. |
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- | streaming_no_abort | Detect client disconnect and break the generator otherwise tokens keep accruing after the user leaves |
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- | **sdk_init_no_timeout** | `OpenAI()` / `Anthropic()` without `timeout=` defaults to 600s — a hung provider blocks your thread for 10 minutes. Pass `timeout=30.0` (or your latency budget). |
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- | (semantic) full_prompt_logged_expensive | `logger.info(prompt)` in hot path can rival the LLM bill if Datadog/Splunk billed by GB. Truncate or sample. |
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- | (semantic) response_usage_not_read | `response.usage` discarded → no per-user metering possible. Save tokens & cost into your DB at ingest. |
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+ | (semantic) public_endpoint_no_ratelimit | `@limiter.limit("10/minute")` + bind `user_id` to call metadata; per-user daily $ cap. Limit by **tokens**, not just requests. The real cost: free / anonymous users burn YOUR provider quota. |
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+ | SDK init without `timeout=` | Reliability / SRE. A hung call's tokens were already produced; capping timeout reclaims workers, not dollars. |
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+ | Missing `response.usage` capture | Metering / billing-ops. The provider charged you correctly either way. |
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+ | `logger.info(prompt)` in hot path | Observability bill (Datadog / Splunk), not LLM bill. |
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+ | No `idempotency_key` on retried call | Reliability — could occasionally double-charge, but the fix is correctness, not cost reduction. |
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  """coffer-cli — LLM cost-waste anti-pattern scanner."""
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+ # coffer-cost-review (Claude Code skill)
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+ Audit an AI codebase for LLM cost-waste anti-patterns. Combines a static
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+ scanner (`coffer-cli`) with Claude's semantic judgment.
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+ ## Install
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+ ```bash
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+ # Coffer CLI gives the skill deterministic detection (optional but faster)
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+ pipx install coffer-cli
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+ # The skill itself
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+ mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
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+ cp -r skills/coffer-cost-review ~/.claude/skills/
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+ ```
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+ ## Use
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+ In Claude Code, ask any of:
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+ - "Check this PR for cost risks"
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+ Claude will run the scanner, read findings in context, layer semantic
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+ ## What it finds
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+ | Retry loops without backoff | Scanner |
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+ | LLM calls inside for/while loops | Scanner |
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+ | Large hardcoded system prompts without cache_control | Scanner |
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+ | Frontier model used for trivial tasks | Claude semantic |
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+ | Public endpoints hitting LLM without rate limit | Claude semantic |
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+ | Missing `max_tokens` on completion calls | Claude semantic |
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+ ## What it deliberately does NOT do
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+ - It does not push the user's traffic through any proxy or routing layer.
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+ name: coffer-cost-review
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+ description: Audit code for LLM cost-waste patterns and unit-economics
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+ risks. Use when the user asks to review LLM/AI cost, audit AI spending,
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+ find expensive patterns in their AI code, or check a PR for LLM cost
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+ impact. Combines a static scanner (coffer scan) with semantic judgment
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+ to flag retry storms, missing prompt caching, large uncached system
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+ prompts, model overuse, public endpoints without rate limiting, and
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+ similar cost risks. Produces severity-ranked findings and concrete
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+ code-diff fixes.
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+ ---
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+ # Coffer cost-review procedure
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+ You are reviewing code for LLM cost-waste risks. Be specific, be honest about
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+ ## Step 1 — Determine scope
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+ ```
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+ | 🚨 HIGH | src/chat.py:42 | retry_loop_no_backoff | one-line summary |
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+ | 🟡 MED | src/agent.py:18 | uncached_large_prompt | one-line summary |
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+ | 🟡 MED | src/api/chat.py:5 | frontier_model_for_classification | one-line summary |
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+ ```
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+ ```
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+ - **Do not flag everything in a large codebase.** Cap at ~10 top findings;
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+ - **Do not repeat the suggestion language verbatim from the scanner.**
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+ Rewrite for this codebase's specific context — that's the value you add.
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+ - **Do not lecture about LLM costs in general.** Find the specific risks,
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+ - **If the codebase has no findings, say so in one line and stop.**
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+ ## Quick reference — pattern → fix template
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+ | uncached_large_prompt | Anthropic: `cache_control={"type": "ephemeral"}`; OpenAI: order the prompt so the stable prefix comes first to maximize automatic prefix caching |
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+ | **dynamic_before_static_cache_break** | f-string interpolation in a system prompt defeats prefix caching. Split: static `system` message + dynamic `user` message. Or move all interpolations to the LAST messages position. |
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+ | **unbounded_conversation_history** | `messages.append(...)` without truncation → tokens grow forever. Use sliding window `messages[-N:]`, summarize old turns (Mem0, custom compaction), or use `previous_response_id` chain. |
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+ |---------|------------|
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+ | (semantic) missing_max_tokens | Add `max_tokens=<reasonable cap>` — unbounded output on edge inputs can 100× cost spike. |
139
+ | **reasoning_effort_high_default** | `reasoning_effort="high"` produces up to ~20× extra reasoning tokens on trivial tasks (arXiv 2412.21187). Default to `medium` or `low`; escalate only when needed. |
140
+ | (semantic) missing_stop_sequence | If prompt has a known delimiter (`</answer>`), pass `stop=["</answer>"]` so the model stops there instead of riffing. |
141
+ | (semantic) free_form_when_structured_works | If the prompt asks for "respond in JSON", use `response_format={"type":"json_object"}` or `tool_choice` instead — saves output tokens spent on formatting. |
142
+
143
+ ### Lever C — price per token
144
+
145
+ | Pattern | Typical fix |
146
+ |---------|------------|
147
+ | frontier_for_classification | Switch model to `gpt-4o-mini` / `o3-mini` / `claude-haiku`; cap `max_tokens` tightly (e.g. 10) when output is a single enum |
148
+ | (semantic) cron_no_batch_api | Background/scheduled work should use OpenAI Batch API — 50% off for ≤24h SLA. Wrap the cron handler with `client.batches.create`. |
149
+ | (semantic) non_interactive_no_flex_tier | Set `service_tier="flex"` for non-request-path workloads — 50% off (slower, best-effort). |
150
+ | (semantic) embedding_overspec | `text-embedding-3-large` is 5× the price of `-small`; verify recall actually benefits — many text classifiers don't. |
151
+ | (semantic) reasoning_model_for_non_reasoning_task | o3-mini summarizing? Use gpt-4o-mini. Reasoning tokens are billed at output rates. |
152
+
153
+ ### Lever D — number of calls
154
+
155
+ | Pattern | Typical fix |
156
+ |---------|------------|
157
+ | llm_in_for_loop | **Real cost fix**: (1) OpenAI Batch API → 50% off for async workloads, (2) merge items into one richer prompt, (3) enable prompt caching if the system prompt repeats. ⚠️ `asyncio.gather` is a latency fix, not a cost fix — same token bill. |
158
+ | **agent_loop_no_max_iter** | `while True:` with LLM call and no iteration counter is the canonical $47K-incident pattern. Add `max_iter` counter + break, or use the provider's native agent loop with explicit termination (`max_tool_rounds`, etc.). |
159
+ | **temperature_nonzero_with_cache_hint** | A cache layer is nearby but `temperature > 0` makes every response different — cache never hits. Set `temperature=0` for deterministic cacheable tasks, OR remove the cache. |
160
+ | (semantic) llm_doing_regex_job | Extracting emails/URLs/dates from text? Use the stdlib regex or a NER library — millions of times cheaper. |
161
+ | (semantic) llm_doing_classifier_job_at_scale | High-volume sentiment/spam/toxicity? A 30MB DistilBERT is 1000× cheaper per call. Reserve LLM for the hard edge cases. |
162
+
163
+ ### Lever E — architecture (only when it directly amplifies tokens billed)
164
+
165
+ | Pattern | Typical fix |
166
+ |---------|------------|
167
+ | retry_loop_no_backoff | `@backoff.on_exception(backoff.expo, X.RateLimitError, max_tries=5)` — without backoff, a rate-limit storm re-sends the same input tokens many times and you are billed for every one. |
168
+ | (semantic) public_endpoint_no_ratelimit | `@limiter.limit("10/minute")` + bind `user_id` to call metadata; per-user daily $ cap. Limit by **tokens**, not just requests. The real cost: free / anonymous users burn YOUR provider quota. |
169
+ | (semantic) streaming_no_abort | Detect client disconnect (FastAPI `request.is_disconnected()`, etc.) and break the generator. Otherwise the provider keeps generating (and billing) tokens that nobody is receiving. |
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+
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+ ## Not in scope here (real production problems, but they don't move the token bill)
172
+
173
+ | Excluded pattern | Why it's excluded |
174
+ |------------------|-------------------|
175
+ | SDK init without `timeout=` | Reliability / SRE. A hung call's tokens were already produced; capping timeout reclaims workers, not dollars. |
176
+ | Missing `response.usage` capture | Metering / billing-ops. The provider charged you correctly either way. |
177
+ | `logger.info(prompt)` in hot path | Observability bill (Datadog / Splunk), not LLM bill. |
178
+ | No `idempotency_key` on retried call | Reliability — could occasionally double-charge, but the fix is correctness, not cost reduction. |
179
+
180
+ If the user clearly cares about these (asks for "production readiness review" or
181
+ "reliability audit"), surface them under that frame — separately from the
182
+ cost-review output. Don't conflate.
@@ -189,5 +189,84 @@ def version() -> None:
189
189
  console.print(f"coffer-cli {__version__}")
190
190
 
191
191
 
192
+ @app.command(name="install-skill")
193
+ def install_skill(
194
+ target: Annotated[
195
+ Path | None,
196
+ typer.Option(
197
+ "--target",
198
+ help="Override install location. Defaults to ~/.claude/skills/",
199
+ ),
200
+ ] = None,
201
+ force: Annotated[
202
+ bool,
203
+ typer.Option("--force", "-f", help="Overwrite an existing skill of the same name."),
204
+ ] = False,
205
+ ) -> None:
206
+ """Install the `coffer-cost-review` Claude Code skill to ~/.claude/skills/.
207
+
208
+ After install, open Claude Code and ask: "review my LLM costs".
209
+ """
210
+ import shutil
211
+ from importlib import resources
212
+
213
+ dest_root = target or (Path.home() / ".claude" / "skills")
214
+ dest = dest_root / "coffer-cost-review"
215
+
216
+ if dest.exists() and not force:
217
+ console.print(
218
+ f"[yellow]Skill already installed at {dest}[/yellow]\n"
219
+ "Re-install with: [cyan]coffer install-skill --force[/cyan]"
220
+ )
221
+ raise typer.Exit(0)
222
+
223
+ try:
224
+ bundle = resources.files("coffer_cli") / "_skill_files" / "coffer-cost-review"
225
+ except (ModuleNotFoundError, FileNotFoundError) as exc:
226
+ console.print(f"[red]Skill files not bundled with this build:[/red] {exc}")
227
+ raise typer.Exit(1) from exc
228
+
229
+ dest_root.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
230
+ if dest.exists():
231
+ shutil.rmtree(dest)
232
+ dest.mkdir()
233
+
234
+ copied: list[str] = []
235
+ for entry in bundle.iterdir():
236
+ if not entry.is_file():
237
+ continue
238
+ target_path = dest / entry.name
239
+ target_path.write_bytes(entry.read_bytes())
240
+ copied.append(entry.name)
241
+
242
+ console.print(
243
+ f"[green]✓ Installed skill to[/green] [cyan]{dest}[/cyan]\n"
244
+ f" Files: {', '.join(copied)}\n\n"
245
+ "Open Claude Code and ask: [bold]'review my LLM costs'[/bold]"
246
+ )
247
+
248
+
249
+ @app.command(name="uninstall-skill")
250
+ def uninstall_skill(
251
+ target: Annotated[
252
+ Path | None,
253
+ typer.Option(
254
+ "--target",
255
+ help="Override skill location. Defaults to ~/.claude/skills/",
256
+ ),
257
+ ] = None,
258
+ ) -> None:
259
+ """Remove the coffer-cost-review skill from ~/.claude/skills/."""
260
+ import shutil
261
+
262
+ dest_root = target or (Path.home() / ".claude" / "skills")
263
+ dest = dest_root / "coffer-cost-review"
264
+ if not dest.exists():
265
+ console.print(f"[yellow]Skill not installed at {dest}[/yellow]")
266
+ raise typer.Exit(0)
267
+ shutil.rmtree(dest)
268
+ console.print(f"[green]✓ Removed[/green] {dest}")
269
+
270
+
192
271
  if __name__ == "__main__":
193
272
  app()
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
1
1
  """Static detection of LLM cost-waste anti-patterns.
2
2
 
3
+ Every detector here must answer "yes" to: **does fixing this reduce dollars
4
+ billed by the LLM provider?** Reliability / SRE / metering issues that
5
+ don't change the token bill belong in a separate review.
6
+
3
7
  We aim for low false-positive rate over completeness. A finding should
4
8
  be defensible: a reviewer who reads the snippet should agree it's a
5
- real risk in most cases.
9
+ real cost risk in most cases.
6
10
 
7
11
  Detector catalog (by cost lever):
8
12
 
@@ -11,17 +15,18 @@ Detector catalog (by cost lever):
11
15
  dynamic_before_static_cache HIGH f-string interpolation in system message breaks auto-cache
12
16
  unbounded_conversation_history MED `messages.append(...)` without truncation
13
17
  Lever B — output tokens
14
- missing_max_tokens MED LLM call without `max_tokens` cap
15
18
  reasoning_effort_high_default MED `reasoning_effort="high"` literal
16
- Lever C — price per token
17
- (semantic — handled in skill, not CLI)
18
19
  Lever D — number of calls
19
20
  llm_in_for_loop MED N× cost; Batch API / merged prompt are fixes
20
21
  agent_loop_no_max_iter HIGH `while True:` containing LLM call without iter cap
21
22
  temperature_nonzero_with_cache MED `temperature > 0` next to a cache hint — silently breaks it
22
- Lever E — architecture / safety
23
- retry_loop_no_backoff HIGH Retry storm risk
24
- sdk_init_no_timeout HIGH SDK initialized without `timeout=`
23
+ Lever E — architecture (only when it directly amplifies tokens billed)
24
+ retry_loop_no_backoff HIGH Retry storm re-bills the same input tokens
25
+
26
+ Out of scope (real problems, but not cost waste):
27
+ - SDK without timeout → worker exhaustion, not token bill
28
+ - Missing metering → can't bill customers, but the provider charge is the same
29
+ - Logging full prompts → Datadog / Splunk bill, not OpenAI / Anthropic bill
25
30
  """
26
31
 
27
32
  from __future__ import annotations
@@ -156,17 +161,6 @@ _REASONING_EFFORT_HIGH_RE = re.compile(
156
161
  re.VERBOSE,
157
162
  )
158
163
 
159
- _SDK_INIT_RE = re.compile(
160
- r"""
161
- \b
162
- (OpenAI | AsyncOpenAI | Anthropic | AsyncAnthropic)
163
- \(
164
- """,
165
- re.VERBOSE,
166
- )
167
-
168
- _TIMEOUT_KW_RE = re.compile(r"\btimeout\s*=")
169
-
170
164
  _TEMPERATURE_RE = re.compile(r"\btemperature\s*=\s*([0-9]*\.?[0-9]+)")
171
165
 
172
166
  _CACHE_HINT_NEARBY_RE = re.compile(
@@ -586,48 +580,6 @@ def _detect_reasoning_effort_high_default(
586
580
  return findings
587
581
 
588
582
 
589
- def _detect_sdk_init_no_timeout(path: Path, lines: list[str]) -> list[Finding]:
590
- """`OpenAI()` / `Anthropic()` constructed without `timeout=`."""
591
- findings: list[Finding] = []
592
- for i, line in enumerate(lines):
593
- m = _SDK_INIT_RE.search(line)
594
- if not m:
595
- continue
596
- # Look at the next ~5 lines too in case the kwargs span lines.
597
- end = min(i + 5, len(lines))
598
- joined = "\n".join(lines[i:end])
599
- # Locate the close paren of this constructor.
600
- depth = 0
601
- start_pos = joined.index(m.group(0)) + len(m.group(0))
602
- body = ""
603
- for ch in joined[start_pos:]:
604
- body += ch
605
- if ch == "(":
606
- depth += 1
607
- elif ch == ")":
608
- if depth == 0:
609
- break
610
- depth -= 1
611
-
612
- if _TIMEOUT_KW_RE.search(body):
613
- continue
614
- findings.append(
615
- Finding(
616
- severity="high",
617
- pattern="sdk_init_no_timeout",
618
- path=path,
619
- line=i + 1,
620
- snippet=line.strip()[:200],
621
- suggestion=(
622
- f"`{m.group(1)}` initialized without `timeout=`. Default is 600s — a hung "
623
- "provider can block your thread for ten minutes. Pass an explicit timeout "
624
- "(e.g. `timeout=30.0`) sized to your user-facing latency budget."
625
- ),
626
- )
627
- )
628
- return findings
629
-
630
-
631
583
  # ---- top-level --------------------------------------------------------------
632
584
 
633
585
 
@@ -663,7 +615,6 @@ def find_patterns(
663
615
  findings.extend(_detect_agent_loop_no_max_iter(path, lines))
664
616
  findings.extend(_detect_temperature_nonzero_with_cache_hint(path, lines))
665
617
  findings.extend(_detect_reasoning_effort_high_default(path, lines))
666
- findings.extend(_detect_sdk_init_no_timeout(path, lines))
667
618
 
668
619
  severity_order = {"high": 0, "medium": 1, "low": 2}
669
620
  findings.sort(key=lambda f: (severity_order[f.severity], str(f.path), f.line))
@@ -334,26 +334,7 @@ def test_reasoning_effort_high(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
334
334
  assert any(f.pattern == "reasoning_effort_high_default" for f in findings)
335
335
 
336
336
 
337
- def test_sdk_init_no_timeout(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
338
- _write(tmp_path, "client.py", "client = OpenAI(api_key='sk-...')\n")
339
- findings = find_patterns(tmp_path)
340
- f = next(f for f in findings if f.pattern == "sdk_init_no_timeout")
341
- assert f.severity == "high"
342
-
343
-
344
- def test_sdk_init_with_timeout_ok(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
345
- _write(tmp_path, "client.py", "client = OpenAI(api_key='sk-...', timeout=30.0)\n")
346
- findings = find_patterns(tmp_path)
347
- assert all(f.pattern != "sdk_init_no_timeout" for f in findings)
348
-
349
-
350
- def test_sdk_anthropic_no_timeout(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
351
- _write(tmp_path, "client.py", "client = Anthropic()\n")
352
- findings = find_patterns(tmp_path)
353
- assert any(f.pattern == "sdk_init_no_timeout" for f in findings)
354
-
355
-
356
- def test_async_sdk_no_timeout(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
357
- _write(tmp_path, "client.py", "client = AsyncOpenAI(api_key='sk-...')\n")
358
- findings = find_patterns(tmp_path)
359
- assert any(f.pattern == "sdk_init_no_timeout" for f in findings)
337
+ # sdk_init_no_timeout was removed — that's a reliability finding, not a cost one.
338
+ # Adding `timeout=` doesn't reduce the OpenAI / Anthropic bill (a hung call's
339
+ # tokens were already counted when the LLM produced them). It belongs in a
340
+ # separate production-readiness review, not in cost-review.
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
1
- # coffer-cli
2
-
3
- Shift-left LLM cost. Scan your code, estimate the bill, get suggestions —
4
- **before** you deploy.
5
-
6
- ```bash
7
- pipx install coffer-cli
8
-
9
- coffer scan ./my-app
10
- coffer prices
11
- coffer compare gpt-4o gpt-4o-mini
12
- ```
13
-
14
- For live production cost tracking with per-feature, per-user attribution,
15
- see [Cofferwise](https://cofferwise.com).
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