Free AI Cost Audit Checklist — GnawClaw
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Your Free AI Cost Audit Checklist

37 checks to find hidden waste in your AI budget. Use it to spot model, cron, token, retry, and architecture leaks fast.

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37Checks
6Categories
30-60%Typical savings

What the checklist covers

01

Model Selection

Stop paying top-tier rates for low-value tasks.

  • Cheapest acceptable model
  • Routing by task complexity
  • Cheap vs expensive A/B testing
02

Cron & Scheduling Waste

Find overactive jobs that burn tokens without adding value.

  • Run frequency review
  • Overlapping schedules
  • Event-driven alternatives
03

Context & Token Management

Trim the prompt bloat that quietly inflates every call.

  • Limit conversation history
  • Compress older context
  • Strip unnecessary metadata
04

Error Handling & Retries

Stop paying for the same failed request over and over.

  • Retry limits
  • Backoff strategies
  • Kill zombie loops
05

Monitoring & Spend Controls

Build visibility before the bill gets out of hand.

  • Daily spend dashboard
  • Hard caps and alerts
  • Task-level cost tracking
06

Architecture & Database

Catch structural waste that keeps repeating under the surface.

  • Duplicate work detection
  • Targeted reads
  • Consolidation opportunities

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Preview: a few high-impact checks

Are you using a $15/M-token model for tasks a $0.50/M-token model can handle?
Do you have crons running every minute that could safely run every 15-30 minutes?
Are failed API calls retrying indefinitely and multiplying your spend?
Is full conversation history being sent when only the last few messages matter?