{"wiki":{"id":554,"slug":"ci-s1","entity_type":"droid","entity_id":"ci-s1","title":"Cost Intelligence","prose_md":"## About\n\nCost Intelligence is a forward‑looking estimator that gives [[agt_021]] the cost projections he needs to decide whether the organization can afford a new project. When an initiative plan is proposed, this droid reads historical spending data from past droid runs, counts the steps in the plan, and predicts the likely cost by blending historical averages with patterns like retries and review cycles. It delivers its estimate through an API that the planning system consumes, always showing its assumptions so people can validate the reasoning.\n\nIt is owned by [[agt_021]] and is one of a larger family of 25 intelligence droids used across agents such as [[agt_001]], [[agt_002]], [[agt_005]], [[agt_008]], and others. Although the *Cost Intelligence* name is unique to [[agt_021]], the underlying archetype is shared — each intelligence droid serves its owner with a specific analytical lens, in this case forward‑looking cost estimation rather than post‑hoc tracking.\n\nCost Intelligence runs as pure software with no calls to Claude. It relies entirely on algorithmic analysis of historical cost data from the Carol planner, never invoking a language model for its estimates. It does not track actual spending or enforce budgets; that work falls to the paired droid ES‑S1, which handles post‑hoc variance.","namesake_json":"{\"engine\": \"software\", \"model\": null, \"claude_purpose\": null, \"family\": \"intelligence\", \"family_size\": 25, \"is_unique\": true}","profile_pic_path":"avatars/droid/ci-s1.png","source_hash":"1aaf7e793433a4b0a620483b40e54c2c5d262f5e5c972da28d8b75802a51bd22","status":"active","last_generated_at":"2026-07-25 03:34:59","created_at":"2026-07-25 03:34:58","updated_at":"2026-07-31 03:42:00"},"facts":{"id":"ci-s1","name":"Cost Intelligence","machine_name":"ci-s1","owner":"agt_021","function":"Forward-looking cost estimator. Reads historical droid_runs.cost_usd from Carol planner and returns budget estimates for initiative plans. Paired with ES-S1 (post-hoc variance).","process_type":"triggered","schedule":"","process_name":"carol-initiatives-app","avatar_color":"#60a5fa","created_for":"Midas is responsible for keeping track of costs and making sure the organization doesn't overspend. A big part of his job is knowing ahead of time what projects will cost. CI-S1 handles the prediction side: it estimates what new projects will probably cost before they happen.","purpose":"CI-S1 provides the forward-looking cost numbers Midas needs to do his job. When a new project is proposed, CI-S1 estimates what it will cost. Midas gets this estimate in time to decide whether the organization can afford it.","duties":"- Looks at what the organization has spent on similar work in the past\n- Counts the steps in a proposed plan\n- Estimates the cost by taking historical averages and adjusting for patterns like retries and review cycles\n- Delivers the estimate through an API that the planning system uses\n- Shows its assumptions and reasoning so people can validate the estimate","constraints":"CI-S1 only estimates; it doesn't track actual spending or enforce budget limits. It can't forecast costs for work that's completely different from anything the organization has done before.","status":"running","gender":"male","archetype":"intelligence","building_block":"cost_capture","service_override":null,"enabled":1,"task_key":"cost-center.cost_estimated","model_free":0},"page":{"type":"droid","page_class":"main","class_label":"Main page","kind_label":"Droid","kind_gloss":"","listed":true}}