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TaskCost Preflight

TaskCost Preflight

AtulHritik

| (0) | Free
Estimate an agent task's token cost, dollar cost, and time before you run it.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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TaskCost Preflight

Estimate an agent task's token cost, dollar cost, and time before you run it.

Price: $12 one-time

Included free

  • Estimate command: size-tier + token/cost/time range from keyword & repo-size heuristics
  • Human-equivalent time comparison
  • Manual historical log of actual outcomes

Unlocked with a license

  • Auto-calibration from parsed Claude Code session logs
  • Batch/sprint estimate for a pasted task list
  • Status bar live estimate

Getting a license

Open the TaskCost Preflight sidebar (activity bar icon) and click Get License. After purchase you'll receive a license key — paste it into the sidebar and click Activate License. Keys are machine-locked; use Move to another machine… in the sidebar before reinstalling on a new device.

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