# AI-Cost-CLI

> Use this tool when you need to estimate and optimize AI API costs, as it provides a terminal-based interface to calculate expenses, recommend efficient solutions, and manage costs through its MCP server, accepting API details as input and outputting detailed cost analyses and recommendations. It solves problems related to AI budgeting and cost management, helping users make informed decisions. Ideal for developers, researchers, and businesses relying on AI services, the AI-Cost-CLI streamlines cost estimation and optimization.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/io-github-ufhouck-aicost-cli  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/io-github-ufhouck-aicost-cli

## Description

Terminal-based AI API cost calculator, recommender, and mcp server.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.70
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** api-integration
- **Updated:** 2026-04-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [MCP Registry](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers/io.github.ufhouck%2Faicost-cli)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/ufhouck/aicost>

## 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": "io-github-ufhouck-aicost-cli"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/io-github-ufhouck-aicost-cli` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/io-github-ufhouck-aicost-cli/pull`

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