cost-estimate SKILL.md skillA

This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.

cost-estimate from opencrabs/opencrabs is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add opencrabs/opencrabs/cost-estimate@git:20260501.09a3f3d

Pins git:20260501.09a3f3d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
opencrabs/opencrabs
Path
src/docs/reference/templates/skills/cost-estimate/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20260501.09a3f3d, committed May 1, 2026
First version recorded
May 1, 2026
Size
6,425 bytes
Repository stars
1,000
License
MIT

Estimate codebase cost-to-build, AI-assisted ROI, and fair-market valuation.

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

Scan this entire codebase and produce a professional cost estimate and valuation report. Analyze:

1. **Codebase inventory**: Count files, lines of code by language, modules, API integrations, external services, database schemas, UI components, and any complex subsystems.

2. **Complexity assessment**: Identify the hardest parts — real-time features, protocol implementations, security layers, multi-platform support, API integrations (especially government/enterprise APIs that require domain expertise), custom parsers, streaming, WebSocket/SSE, OAuth flows, etc.

3. **Human team estimate**: Calculate what a real development team would need to build this from scratch. Use current US market rates (2025-2026):
   - Senior full-stack developer: $125-175/hr
   - Backend specialist: $150-200/hr
   - DevOps/infra: $140-180/hr
   - UI/UX: $100-150/hr
   - Project management overhead: 15-20%
   - QA/testing: 15-20% of dev time
   - Estimate across 4 team sizes: Solo dev, Lean Startup (2-3), Growth Co (4-6), Enterprise (8+)
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add opencrabs/opencrabs/cost-estimate@sha256:7b93fe926460bf68

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260501.09a3f3d, 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.

Badge

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[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_n2soo4wp4kdzb656.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_n2soo4wp4kdzb656)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, all committed on May 1, 2026.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260501.09a3f3d latest2026-05-01 09a3f3d 6,425 BA view · diff
git:20260501.b9b32022026-05-01 b9b3202 6,838 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (6425 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

opencrabs/opencrabs · 1,000 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_n2soo4wp4kdzb656
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=opencrabs/opencrabs/cost-estimate
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7b93fe926460bf6809edb2ca5d091a4f222f2ebda2238ccb32ff0c126487981b

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.

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