# Token Economist

> Use this tool when you need to optimize language model spending and stay within budget constraints. The Token Economist estimates token costs and compresses prompts, providing accurate pre-execution cost predictions across multiple providers. It takes in prompts and budget constraints as inputs and outputs optimized prompts with estimated costs, making it ideal for teams seeking to reduce language model expenses.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/agenson-tools-token-economist  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/agenson-tools-token-economist

## Description

Estimates token costs and compresses prompts before LLM requests, enabling teams to optimize spending and stay within budget constraints. Provides accurate pre-execution cost predictions across multiple LLM providers with configurable compression strategies.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 1.00
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** ai-ml
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/agenson-tools-token-economist)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/agenson-tools/token-economist-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "agenson-tools-token-economist"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/agenson-tools-token-economist` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/agenson-tools-token-economist/pull`

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