Session Budget — Development skill for Claude Code
Assess whether to compact/clear this session and prepare a reinit-ready handoff.
How to install Session Budget
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/borkweb-skills-session-budget/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/borkweb-skills-session-budget && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/borkweb/skills/HEAD/commands/session-budget.md -o ~/.claude/skills/borkweb-skills-session-budget/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Session Budget does
description: Assess whether to compact/clear this session and prepare a reinit-ready handoff
You are running the `/session-budget` command.
Process
- Read
skills/core/session-budget/SKILL.md. - Execute that skill's workflow in full.
Notes
- This is an assessment first. If the verdict is NOT YET, stop without writing a handoff.
- Never compact or clear on the user's behalf — prepare the handoff and let the user run
/clearor/compact.
Alternatives in Development
- Cmux Fresh — Clear cmux's persisted session so the next launch opens with fresh/blank windows 107 ★
- Plan Project — Automate initial project planning: gather requirements, generate planning docs, create SESSION.md, and prepare 88 ★
- Fundraise Prep — Prepare for fundraising — assess readiness, target investors, plan timeline 86 ★
Full documentation available on GitHub
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