Agent skill · marketing growth · jeremylongshore
klingai-cost-controls
Implement budget limits, usage alerts, and spending controls for Kling
Why this skill is useful
Adds a complete budget enforcement system with executable scripts for cost estimation and alerting that are not commonly found in public documentation.
What it needs
Requires npm installed locally. About 3k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 2,604 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Kling AI Cost Controls Overview Prevent unexpected spending with per-request cost estimation, daily budget enforcement, threshold alerts, and usage dashboards. Credits are consumed per task based on duration, mode, and audio. Credit Cost Reference Config Credits -------- --------- 5s standard 10 5s professional 35 10s standard 20 10s professional 70 5s standard + audio (v2.6) 50 10s professional + audio (v2.6) 200 Image generation (Kolors) 1 Virtual try-on 5 Budget Guard Pre-Batch Cost Check Cost-Aware Client Optimization Strategies Strategy Savings Implementation ---------- --------- --------------- Standard for drafts 3.5x cheaper mode: "standard" for iterations 5s clips, extend later 50% per clip Generate 5s, use video-extend selectively v2.5 Turbo over v2.6 Faster (less queue cost) model: "kling-v2-5-turbo" Skip audio, add in post 5x cheaper motionhasaudio: false Batch off-peak Faster processing Schedule overnight Cache prompts Avoid duplicates Hash prompt + params, check before submitting Usage Tracking Prerequisites An approved credit budget, synthetic or rights-cleared test brief, authorized workspace, policy review, draft-only destination, redaction policy, and rollback owner. Instructions 1. Measure credit controls with a bounded sandbox canary and log aggregate consumption only; never store prompt previews, private data, asset URLs, or credentials in cost records. 2. Verify the approved budget, policy/rights outcome, destination, retention, and cancellation path before submitting work. 3. Halt and cancel queued drafts on a credit anomaly, policy concern, or retention drift; restore the prior budget configuration before retrying. 4. Retain a redacted cost receipt only for the approved window, then remove temporary assets and test records. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills jeremylongshore/klingai-cost-controls