convex-cost
Preview Convex spend — rank functions by bytes/documents-read × call-volume from insights, project each cost driver's growth curve, name the cheapest fix; confirm-cost for paid actions.
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Install
Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.
npx skills add https://github.com/convex/agent-skills --skill convex-cost- 01
Install
Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
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Describe the task
Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads convex-cost automatically when relevant.
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Review the result
The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.
Security audits
Independent scans of the skill's instructions and bundled files.
SKILL.md
The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.
Preview what this app will cost
Cost surprises come from a handful of functions reading far more data than anyone realized — the same read-heavy patterns convex-advisor flags for perf, seen through the money lens. This capability makes spend legible: it reads the deployment's own bytes/documents-read evidence, attributes it to the functions driving it, projects how it grows with traffic, and names the cheapest fix. It also carries the confirm-cost discipline (Supabase's structural consent for paid actions): before anything metered, state the price and get an explicit yes.
Workflow
- GUARD: deploy-guard — a cost read is read-only over dev/prod (insights is cloud+user-auth only; not previews). Announce the deployment.
- GATHER the spend evidence via the official MCP:
insightsfor the bytes-read / documents-read events (the direct cost signal — Convex bills on function calls + bandwidth),tablesfor row counts (a table's size bounds its scan cost),functionSpecfor the surface. If there's no usage/traffic yet, say so and estimate from the query SHAPES instead (a.collect()on a table projected to grow is a future cost even with zero traffic today). - ATTRIBUTE: rank functions by bytes/documents read per call × observed (or asked-about) call volume — the product is the cost driver, not either alone. A cheap-per-call function called constantly can outweigh an expensive rare one; show both factors.
- PROJECT: state how the top drivers scale — a full-table
.collect()grows LINEARLY with the table (cost compounds as data accumulates); an indexed.take(n)stays flat. Give the user the shape of the curve ('this is O(table size) per call — fine at 1k rows, a bill at 1M'), not a false-precision dollar figure. - NAME THE CHEAPEST FIX per driver — index +
.withIndexinstead of scan,.paginate/.takeinstead of.collect, an aggregate component for counts, caching a hot read — and emit it as a cost-class finding on the bus (evidence: the insight event + the projected growth) pointing at convex-expert/convex-advisor for the actual change. - CONFIRM-COST for paid actions: if the flow includes anything metered (a domain purchase, cloud provisioning, a plan change), STATE the price and recurrence explicitly and get an explicit yes BEFORE proceeding — never let a paid action happen as a side effect (the cost-confirm gate).
- REPORT: the current cost drivers ranked, each with its evidence + growth shape + fix, and a plain bottom line ('your spend is dominated by messages:list reading the whole table every call; index it and it drops ~100x'). Honest precision: Convex pricing changes and depends on plan — give relative/shape guidance and cite the pricing page for absolute numbers rather than inventing a dollar total.
Rules
- Cost = data-read-per-call × call-volume — always show both factors; a cheap function called constantly can cost more than an expensive rare one.
- Read the deployment's own insights/bytes-read evidence for spend; with no traffic yet, price the query SHAPES (a scan on a growing table is a future cost).
- Give the growth CURVE, not false-precision dollars: O(table) scans compound as data accumulates; indexed access stays flat. Cite the pricing page for absolute figures.
- Every cost driver names its cheapest fix and emits a cost-class finding on the bus pointing at the fixer (convex-expert/advisor).
- Confirm-cost for any metered/paid action: state the price + recurrence and get an explicit yes BEFORE it happens — never as a side effect.
- Read-only over dev/prod (deploy-guard); insights is cloud+user-auth only. Cost composes convex-advisor's evidence but frames it as money, not latency.
FAQ
What does the convex-cost skill do?
Preview Convex spend — rank functions by bytes/documents-read × call-volume from insights, project each cost driver's growth curve, name the cheapest fix; confirm-cost for paid actions.
How do I install convex-cost?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/convex/agent-skills --skill convex-cost in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/convex-cost/ (personal) or .claude/skills/convex-cost/ (project).
Which AI agents can use convex-cost?
Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.
Is convex-cost safe to install?
Security partners have reviewed it: Gen Agent Trust Hub passed; Socket passed; Snyk passed. As with any skill, read the SKILL.md and bundled scripts before installing.
Who maintains convex-cost?
It is published by convex in convex/agent-skills. It has 36,246 recorded installs.
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