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budget-subagent

Binds "task subagent" to Claude Code subagent dispatch routed through the budget-subagent agent file.

Skill by Mikel Madariaga

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Binds "task subagent" to Claude Code subagent dispatch routed through the budget-subagent agent file. Cost-controlled general-purpose task delegation with a structured completion report and single-task scope. Claude Code only — NOT compatible with opencode. TRIGGER when: "budget subagent", "cheap subagent", "budget task", "cheap task", "budget mode", "cheap mode", "low-cost mode", "economy mode"

Use cases: documents, productivity, finance, agent-building

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What this skill can do and what it asks for, from its SKILL.md and code. Checked Oct 26, 2026.

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  • codeload.github.com · found in install command

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  • ~/.claude/skills/budget-subagent

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Skill name
budget-subagent
Description
Binds "task subagent" to Claude Code subagent dispatch routed through the budget-subagent agent file. Cost-controlled general-purpose task delegation with a structured completion report and single-task scope. Claude Code only — NOT compatible with opencode. TRIGGER when: "budget subagent", "cheap subagent", "budget task", "cheap task", "budget mode", "cheap mode", "low-cost mode", "economy mode"
License
MIT
Compatibility
claude
Metadata
author: Mikel Madariaga · version: 1.0
Instructions
23 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub

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  • SKILL.md

SKILL.md (first lines)

## Subagent binding

"task subagent" → `Agent(subagent_type: budget-subagent, run_in_background: true, prompt: <prompt>)`.

## Model resolution

The subagent model is controlled by the `model` frontmatter of the resolved `budget-subagent.md` agent file: `.claude/agents/budget-subagent.md` takes precedence over `~/.claude/agents/budget-subagent.md`. Do not pass a per-spawn model parameter.

## Dispatch mode

Dispatch in the background only from a main agent, routed SAI coordinator, or routed SAI worker whose lifetime outlives the child. Capture and await the continuation on the dispatcher's own turn.

## Spawn prompt

Give one task per spawn: what to do, the files or area it covers, and, when you need a specific result, the exact shape to return. Without a shape the subagent returns its structured completion report. Split independent tasks into separate spawns.

## Task contract

The agent fetches `@sai/policies/budget-agent.md`, which owns single-task scope, the result shape (the task's own when it defines one, else the structured completion report), bounded output, permission-block aborts, the completion criterion (result achieved or call cap reached, reporting what was tried), and the approximately 30-call soft limit.

Fetch @sai/policies/budget-agent.md

From mmadariaga/shared-ai, MIT.

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Last commit (this folder)
Oct 7, 2026 (21 days ago)
Last release
Oct 22, 2026 (6 days ago)

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Version
1.0
License
MIT
First seen
Oct 24, 2026
Last checked
Oct 24, 2026

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budget-subagent skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/mmadariaga-budget-subagent (last updated 2026-10-24)