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Watch your LLM spend tick up live, right in the editor.
Status
In Progress
Tier
Free
Platform
VS Code
Host
github.com/developersdigest/cost-tape
About Cost Tape
Watch your LLM spend tick up live, right in the editor. Built and maintained by Developers Digest, Cost Tape is part of a larger ecosystem of 91 AI agent tools, Claude Code tools, MCP servers, and developer agents.
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