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frugal

v0.14.1

Cost-optimised agent router: sends every sub-task to the cheapest execution strategy that can succeed, escalates only on verified failure.

Claude Code4 Skills

By Thomas LangbroekLicense: MIT37 GitHub starsUpdated 2 weeks ago

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Source updated
Oct 6, 2026
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Install frugal for Claude Code

Installs for the current user
claude plugin marketplace add IchenDEV/agent-plugin-mkt
claude plugin marketplace update agent-plugin-marketplace
claude plugin install frugal-2@agent-plugin-marketplace

Paste and run these commands in a terminal with Claude Code. They add and refresh the PluginsMP catalog, then install this plugin.

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Get the source manually
git clone https://github.com/ThomasLangbroek/frugal

Clone the source repository, then follow its setup instructions to add the plugin to a compatible client. The repository root is the plugin root.

Plugin files

frugal/
├── .claude-plugin/plugin.json
├── skills/models/SKILL.md
├── skills/router-stats/SKILL.md
├── skills/routing/SKILL.md
└── skills/setup-statusline/SKILL.md

Included Skills4

modelsskills/models/SKILL.md

Show or change which model each frugal agent runs on, per project. Use when the user wants to see the current tier-to-model mapping, move an agent to a different model (e.g. scout to sonnet), or reset overrides. Triggers on "frugal models", "change router models", "which model does scout use".

router-statsskills/router-stats/SKILL.md

Report frugal routing metrics - cost per agent tier, escalation rate, and estimated savings versus running everything on the top-tier model.

routingskills/routing/SKILL.md

Cost-optimised task routing. Use at the start of any coding, search, extraction, review, or multi-step task to pick the cheapest execution strategy (deterministic tool, haiku worker, sonnet worker, main model, fable worker) and to handle escalation when a worker fails. Also triggers on mentions of cost, budget, routing, or delegation.

setup-statuslineskills/setup-statusline/SKILL.md

Wire the frugal savings segment into the user's Claude Code statusline - creates a minimal statusline if none exists, or merges the segment into an existing one.

Plugin manifests1

.claude-plugin/plugin.json
{
  "name": "frugal",
  "displayName": "Frugal",
  "version": "0.14.1",
  "description": "Cost-optimised agent router: sends every sub-task to the cheapest execution strategy that can succeed, escalates only on verified failure.",
  "author": {
    "name": "Thomas Langbroek"
  },
  "repository": "https://github.com/ThomasLangbroek/frugal",
  "license": "MIT",
  "keywords": [
    "routing",
    "cost",
    "agents",
    "orchestration",
    "claude-code"
  ]
}

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