# agent-cost-meter

> Use this tool when you need to monitor and control agent spending, as it tracks cumulative costs per session and alerts you before exceeding your budget ceiling, solving issues of runaway expenses and covering the OWASP FinOps gap with inputs of API calls and token usage, and outputs of cost comparisons and warnings. It provides a spending awareness interface to help you stay within your budget. Ideal for use cases where cost management is crucial to prevent unexpected expenses.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/found402-agent-cost-meter  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/found402-agent-cost-meter

## Description

Gives your agent spending awareness it doesn't have natively. Tracks cumulative token and API call costs per session, compares against your budget ceiling, and fires a warning before you hit it. Stop runaway agent spend before it burns through your wallet. Covers the OWASP FinOps gap. $0.002/request via x402 on Base. MCP tool name: check_agent_cost

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** api-integration
- **Updated:** 2026-05-12

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/server/found402/agent-cost-meter)

## 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": "found402-agent-cost-meter"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/found402-agent-cost-meter` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/found402-agent-cost-meter/pull`

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