coffer-cli 0.1.1__tar.gz → 0.2.0__tar.gz
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- {coffer_cli-0.1.1 → coffer_cli-0.2.0}/PKG-INFO +33 -11
- {coffer_cli-0.1.1 → coffer_cli-0.2.0}/README.md +32 -10
- {coffer_cli-0.1.1 → coffer_cli-0.2.0}/pyproject.toml +4 -1
- {coffer_cli-0.1.1 → coffer_cli-0.2.0}/skills/coffer-cost-review/SKILL.md +18 -8
- {coffer_cli-0.1.1 → coffer_cli-0.2.0}/src/coffer_cli/__init__.py +1 -1
- coffer_cli-0.2.0/src/coffer_cli/_skill_files/coffer-cost-review/README.md +48 -0
- coffer_cli-0.2.0/src/coffer_cli/_skill_files/coffer-cost-review/SKILL.md +182 -0
- {coffer_cli-0.1.1 → coffer_cli-0.2.0}/src/coffer_cli/cli.py +79 -0
- {coffer_cli-0.1.1 → coffer_cli-0.2.0}/src/coffer_cli/patterns.py +12 -61
- {coffer_cli-0.1.1 → coffer_cli-0.2.0}/tests/test_patterns.py +4 -23
- coffer_cli-0.1.1/README.md.tmp +0 -15
- {coffer_cli-0.1.1 → coffer_cli-0.2.0}/.gitignore +0 -0
- {coffer_cli-0.1.1 → coffer_cli-0.2.0}/LICENSE +0 -0
- {coffer_cli-0.1.1 → coffer_cli-0.2.0}/skills/coffer-cost-review/README.md +0 -0
- {coffer_cli-0.1.1 → coffer_cli-0.2.0}/src/coffer_cli/_pricing.py +0 -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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by the LLM provider?** Reliability, observability, and metering issues that
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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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findings makes both reviews less useful:
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"""Static detection of LLM cost-waste anti-patterns.
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Every detector here must answer "yes" to: **does fixing this reduce dollars
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billed by the LLM provider?** Reliability / SRE / metering issues that
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don't change the token bill belong in a separate review.
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We aim for low false-positive rate over completeness. A finding should
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real cost risk in most cases.
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unbounded_conversation_history MED `messages.append(...)` without truncation
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Lever B — output tokens
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missing_max_tokens MED LLM call without `max_tokens` cap
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reasoning_effort_high_default MED `reasoning_effort="high"` literal
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Lever C — price per token
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(semantic — handled in skill, not CLI)
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Lever D — number of calls
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llm_in_for_loop MED N× cost; Batch API / merged prompt are fixes
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agent_loop_no_max_iter HIGH `while True:` containing LLM call without iter cap
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temperature_nonzero_with_cache MED `temperature > 0` next to a cache hint — silently breaks it
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Lever E — architecture
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retry_loop_no_backoff HIGH Retry storm
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Lever E — architecture (only when it directly amplifies tokens billed)
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retry_loop_no_backoff HIGH Retry storm re-bills the same input tokens
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- SDK without timeout → worker exhaustion, not token bill
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- Missing metering → can't bill customers, but the provider charge is the same
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- Logging full prompts → Datadog / Splunk bill, not OpenAI / Anthropic bill
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# coffer-cli
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Shift-left LLM cost. Scan your code, estimate the bill, get suggestions —
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```bash
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pipx install coffer-cli
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coffer scan ./my-app
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coffer prices
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coffer compare gpt-4o gpt-4o-mini
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For live production cost tracking with per-feature, per-user attribution,
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see [Cofferwise](https://cofferwise.com).
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