# Cost Estimate

> Estimate what a codebase, branch diff, or single commit would COST to build — evidence-driven, no…

Estimate what a codebase, branch diff, or single commit would COST to build — evidence-driven, not a
guess: measure the real scope with the helper scripts (LOC counter + git session analyzer), classify
every source line into one productivity bucket, run the cost calculator for engineering hours,
organizational overhead, calendar and team-cost views plus Claude ROI, and sanity-check the effective
lines/hour — runs as a forked analysis workflow with its own reasoning budget, isolated from the main
flow. Keeps raw engineering hours separate from overhead and team multipliers, never presents a number
without scope, assumptions, and a confidence level, and never claims region-specific market rates
unless the user asked and that research was actually done. Use when the user asks to estimate
development cost, effort, engineering hours, or ROI.

- Page: https://ss33.ai/skills/ulpi-io/cost-estimate-22435787414
- Publisher: ulpi-io
- Category: [Software Development](https://ss33.ai/skills/category/software-development-t44z8z) › [Developer docs & tooling](https://ss33.ai/skills/category/software-development-t44z8z/developer-docs-and-tooling-nich6w)
- Source: https://github.com/ulpi-io/skills/blob/b3e5e33424cfcccdbc0468fb66f06bb56f4e2a1f/cost-estimate/SKILL.md

## Skill

This skill's licence does not allow redistribution, so the store does not serve its text. Get it from the author: https://github.com/ulpi-io/skills/blob/b3e5e33424cfcccdbc0468fb66f06bb56f4e2a1f/cost-estimate/SKILL.md