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name: gaia-cost description: Report cumulative GAIA API spend and project cost for planned configurations argument-hint: "[--level=1] [--limit=53] [--models=haiku,sonnet] [--voting=1]"

/gaia cost

Show cumulative API spend across all stored GAIA runs and project the cost for a planned configuration before you commit to running it.

Usage

/gaia cost
/gaia cost --level=1 --limit=53 --models=claude-sonnet-4-6
/gaia cost --level=1 --limit=300 --models=sonnet,haiku --voting=3

Options

Flag	Default	Description
--level	1	Level for projection
--limit	53	Number of questions for projection
--models	claude-haiku-4-5	Comma-separated models for projection
--voting	1	Self-consistency attempts multiplier
--hardness-routing	off	Include hardness-router model-mix estimate

Pricing reference

Model	Input ($/M tokens)	Output ($/M tokens)
claude-haiku-4-5	$0.25	$1.25
claude-sonnet-4-6	$3.00	$15.00
claude-opus-4-5	$15.00	$75.00

Estimates assume 1,500 input tokens / turn and 512 output tokens / turn, 4.2 mean turns per question (measured baseline).

Example output

Cumulative spend (all stored runs)
------------------------------------
Total runs:    3
Total Q's:    159
Total spend:  $0.97
  Haiku:      $0.09  (53 Q × 1 attempt)
  Sonnet:     $0.88  (106 Q × 1 attempt)

Projection for: L1, 53 Q, sonnet × 3 voting
----------------------------------------------
Questions:        53
Attempts/Q:        3
Effective Q's:   159
Est. input tok:  238,500
Est. output tok:  81,600
Est. cost:        $1.94

  Above $5 threshold: NO — proceed without confirmation

Cost confirmation gate

When a projected run exceeds $5, the /gaia run command will display this cost estimate and require explicit confirmation before proceeding.

Steps Claude should follow

1. Load history: npx @claude-flow/cli@latest memory list --namespace gaia-runs
2. Sum est_cost_usd across all stored runs to produce cumulative spend.
3. Compute projection for the requested configuration:
   • effective_questions = limit × voting
   • Per question: assume 4.2 turns (measured), 1500 input tokens/turn, 512 output tokens/turn
   • Multiply by model pricing
4. Display the cumulative table and the projection side by side.
5. Flag with a warning banner if projected cost exceeds $5.