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CAROL-INI-3579-00: Model Subscriptions completed: every subscription present, monthly consumption charted per subscription, and each bar opens its own models

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Ninad: the Model Subscriptions app is mostly incomplete, and he wants a simple bar chart of monthly consumption per subscription where selecting a bar renders that subscription's per-model consumption, in sufficiently big fonts.

What is missing today: Codex does not appear at all even though it now serves Carol's chat and every agent mind; the four flat plans show neither a fee nor any consumption; Claude API shows blank usage because its billing call returns an error and nothing falls back; and consumption is only ever read from each vendor's own billing page, so a plan without a usage export simply reads empty. Nothing anywhere answers 'what did each subscription actually consume this month'.

Scope: one declared registry listing every subscription Ninad holds, with which ledger provider serves it; month-to-date consumption per subscription derived from Carol's own cost ledger so a flat plan is measured like a metered one; per-model consumption the amount actually BILLED (plan fee or metered spend) shown beside the amount consumed; a month selector; and an honest marker on any subscription whose consumption genuinely cannot be measured.

⚖️Decisions

  • Elrond's bypass methodology checklist (a reminder, not a gate -- you've got this): 0. File it requested_mode='bypass' (planner-vs-bypass is a deliberate choice). bypass_start REFUSES a non-bypass initiative (CAROL-INI-1846), and the dispatcher only skips the bypass lane when the mode says bypass -- a 'planner' mistag lets Merlin's pipeline grab the placeholder step and block your finished work. 1. Filed as planned status -- let the bypass claim/activate it; never file active. 2. Open the bypass (bypass_start) with your droid id + the remediation answer (remediates_initiative_id=NNN, or remediates_nothing=True). 3. Work the blocks for your work-type: template -> design -> code -> test -> review. Do the real work; record decisions on the initiative as you make them. 4. Reality is recorded for you at close -- code (files changed), each decision, and the twin-review verdict become real activities tied to this initiative and show in the Activity Tracker like a planner run (CAROL-INI-1840). No dummy rows. 5. Keep the initiative status moving; it parks in 'reviewing' and is tagged uat-pending for you at close (CAROL-INI-1836), so the stuck-watchdog leaves it alone until UAT. 6. Close runs the gates (design/architecture compliance + caller-audit). If a gate flags something pre-existing or unrelated to your change, waive it with a clear written rationale -- audit, don't skip. 7. Bypass skips the planner's auto-orchestration, NOT the standards. Same template checklist, same review, same observability as a planner run. (elrond)
  • [status-router] planned -> executing | event=bypass_executing | bypass transition (or-bx-01)
  • [delivery-check] 6 must-have criteria remain pending at bypass_end — delivery has no mechanical re-performance lane; UAT must grade on live evidence, not checklist silence (CAROL-INI-3020): (no detail) (orion)
  • [status-router] executing -> reviewing | event=bypass_reviewing | bypass transition (or-bx-01)
  • [status-router] reviewing -> closed | event=uat_signoff | pipeline_uat uat_signoff (ninad)

Success criteria

  • Every subscription Ninad holds appears, including Codex and the flat plans that previously showed nothing. (must_have)
  • A bar chart shows monthly consumption per subscription, and selecting a bar renders that subscription's consumption broken down by model. (must_have)
  • Consumption is derived from Carol's own cost ledger, so a flat plan is measured the same way a metered account is, and a vendor billing page that errors no longer leaves the row blank. (must_have)
  • What each subscription actually costs (plan fee or metered spend) is shown beside what it consumed, in one currency, with the conversion stated. (must_have)
  • Fonts are large enough to read comfortably, and the chart carries its values as direct labels so a tiny bar is still readable. (must_have)
  • A subscription whose consumption cannot be measured says so plainly instead of silently reading zero. (must_have)