codebase-cost-estimator SKILL.md skillA
codebase-cost-estimator from lazyisefficient/agentic-os is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add lazyisefficient/agentic-os/codebase-cost-estimator@git:20260716.7c29779Pins git:20260716.7c29779 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- lazyisefficient/agentic-os
- Path
.claude/skills/codebase-cost-estimator/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260716.7c29779, committed Jul 16, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 19, 2026
- Size
- 5,637 bytes
- Repository stars
- 17
- License
- MIT
Estimate the full development cost of an existing codebase from lines of code, architectural complexity, and team-composition overhead. Use for 'how much would this cost to build', 'what did this codebase cost', development-cost or build-cost estimates, calendar-time estimates, and Claude/AI ROI on a delivered codebase. Estimates by measured LOC and complexity, not by ticket volume.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Codebase Cost Estimator Estimate what it cost (or would cost) to build an existing codebase. The estimate is driven by **measured lines of code and complexity** — not by ticket count, story points, or feature lists. Always present a range with explicit assumptions; never a single number. ## Inputs - A checked-out codebase (local path or repo) you can run `git`, `cloc`/`tokei`, and file counts against. - Optional: project README/status for version and scope context. - Optional: git history, for the AI-ROI step (commit timestamps). ## Process 1. **Measure the codebase.** Count LOC by language and separate production code, tests, and docs. Prefer a real counter over guessing: ```bash # whichever is installed; both break LOC down by language tokei . # or: cloc --vcs=git . ``` Record per-language LOC, test LOC, doc LOC, and total. Note complexity drivers: advanced frameworks, system-level/GPU/native code, and third-party integrations. These map directly to the productivity bands in `references/rates.md`. 2. **Convert LOC to raw developer-hours.** For each code category, divide its LOC by the …
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How to install
mdr add lazyisefficient/agentic-os/codebase-cost-estimator@sha256:93a53bb5c8034762The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260716.7c29779, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jun 19, 2026 and Jul 16, 2026, about one every 7 days.
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| git:20260716.7c29779 latest | 2026-07-16 | 7c29779 | 5,637 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260713.e86d282 | 2026-07-13 | e86d282 | 5,627 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260623.d427312 | 2026-06-23 | d427312 | 5,658 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260619.f551cb7 | 2026-06-19 | f551cb7 | 5,523 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260619.61661d0 | 2026-06-19 | 61661d0 | 5,910 B | A | view |
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Source
lazyisefficient/agentic-os · 17 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_jz7ydo6lfqjllezn GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=lazyisefficient/agentic-os/codebase-cost-estimator GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/93a53bb5c803476223438b40a6290d968e1b45159ad09cb48bedb3bea2661fa8
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