economy-mode SKILL.md skillA
economy-mode from bradygaster/squad is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add bradygaster/squad/economy-mode@git:20260910.9cf5842Pins git:20260910.9cf5842 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
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- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- bradygaster/squad
- Path
.squad-templates/skills/economy-mode/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
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- Latest version
- git:20260910.9cf5842, committed Sep 10, 2026
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- 3,298
- License
- MIT
Shifts Layer 3 model selection to cost-optimized alternatives when economy mode is active.
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
## SCOPE ✅ THIS SKILL PRODUCES: - A modified Layer 3 model selection table applied when economy mode is active - `economyMode: true` written to `.squad/config.json` when activated persistently - Spawn acknowledgments with `💰` indicator when economy mode is active ❌ THIS SKILL DOES NOT PRODUCE: - Code, tests, or documentation - Cost reports or billing artifacts - Changes to Layer 0, Layer 1, or Layer 2 resolution (user intent always wins) ## Context Economy mode shifts Layer 3 (Task-Aware Auto-Selection) to lower-cost alternatives. It does NOT override persistent config (`defaultModel`, `agentModelOverrides`) or per-agent charter preferences — those represent explicit user intent and always take priority. Use this skill when the user wants to reduce costs across an entire session or permanently, without manually specifying models for each agent. ## Activation Methods | Method | How | |--------|-----| | Session phrase | "use economy mode", "save costs", "go cheap", "reduce costs" | | Persistent config | `"economyMode": true` in `.squad/config.json` | | CLI flag | `squad --economy` | …
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How to install
mdr add bradygaster/squad/economy-mode@sha256:5b7aee3204c98b5cThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260910.9cf5842, 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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Source
bradygaster/squad · 3,298 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch dev
API
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