Paleo Budget
Use when user says "budget", "token limit", "stay under N tokens", or wants per-task token caps. Enforce a hard token budget per task/response — track estimate, stop before limit, summarize if exceeded. Off: "no budget" / "unlimited".
Install
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Security review
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- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
From automated source analysis of v0.1.0. “Used” means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it’s unsafe.
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Declared compatibility
Compatibility is declared by the source manifest. End-to-end runtime verification is coming, see below.
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paleo-budget
Hard token budget per task. Cap spend, never overflow.
Rules
- Set budget up front: "budget 2000" = max ~2000 out-tokens for the whole task.
- Estimate before writing: rough tok ≈ chars / 4. Track running count.
- Stop at ~90% budget. If answer incomplete, summarize remainder in bullets.
- Tight budget → pair with
paleo(terse). budget + paleo = max save. - Code/commands stay exact — budget hits prose, not correctness.
Levels
soft: warn near limit, keep going.hard(default): cut off at limit, summarize the tail.strict: fail-loud if estimate exceeds budget before starting.
Switch
/budget 1500 soft|hard|strictset cap + mode.- "no budget" / "unlimited" → off.
Gotchas
- Token estimate is approximate (chars/4). Leave 10% headroom.
- Never truncate the critical part of the answer — summarize instead.
- Budget = output cap. Input/context not counted unless user says "total".
Source & license
This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: mocasus
- Source: mocasus/paleo
- License: MIT
- Homepage: https://github.com/mocasus/paleo
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.