Optimize LangChain API costs and token usage. Use when reducing LLM API expenses, implementing cost controls, or optimizing token consumption in production. Trigger with phrases like "langchain cost", "langchain tokens", "reduce langchain cost", "langchain billing", "langchain budget".
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Excellent skill providing comprehensive LangChain cost optimization strategies with concrete, production-ready code. The description clearly identifies use cases and trigger phrases. Task knowledge is strong with 6 detailed implementation steps covering token counting, model tiering, caching, and budget enforcement. Structure is logical and well-organized with clear headers and a helpful cost optimization summary table. Novelty is good - while a CLI agent could implement basic cost tracking, this skill provides sophisticated strategies (semantic caching, model routing, budget callbacks) that would require significant tokens and research to develop from scratch. The consolidated SKILL.md format works well here since all code is cohesive and interdependent. Minor improvement areas: could benefit from more real-world case studies or integration examples with specific LangChain patterns, and the novelty could be higher with more advanced techniques like dynamic token budgeting or multi-provider cost arbitrage.
jeremylongshore
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