claude-code-tokenbudget vs costwright — agent budget analysis
claude-code-tokenbudget is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by thedavidwhiteside. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). costwright — agent budget analysis is an MCP server published by hernaninverso. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-24. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  claude-code-tokenbudget |  costwright — agent budget analysis |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.1 Downloads/month (npm): 198 Downloads/week (npm): 30 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | claude-code-tokenbudget | costwright — agent budget analysis |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (costwright-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 2 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 4 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/thedavidwhiteside/claude-code-tokenbudget | github.com/hernaninverso/costwright-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
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What each says it does
claude-code-tokenbudget
Claude code plugin to implement a budget or quota across all backends (Bedrock, Vertex, direct API) and provides guardrails against surprise token costs. No surprise bills, no config beyond a single env var, no external dependencies.
costwright — agent budget analysis
Static worst-case token-budget analysis for LLM-agent workflows + signed budget certificates.
How to run each
claude-code-tokenbudget As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install claude-code-tokenbudget@claude-communitycostwright — agent budget analysis As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "COSTWRIGHT_API_KEY=<YOUR_COSTWRIGHT_API_KEY>" --transport stdio costwright-mcp -- npx -y costwright-mcpRequires: COSTWRIGHT_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of claude-code-tokenbudget publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: claude-code-tokenbudget · What it can do: costwright — agent budget analysis · Compare two other plugins
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