maker-complexity-estimator

A read-only task assessor that estimates how complex a coding task is before it is split into smaller steps. It examines scope, technical difficulty, risks, and dependencies.

In plain words
What is it for?
It is for assessing affected files, complexity signals, risks, and dependencies, then recommending how finely the MAKER framework should decompose the task.
Why use it?
It helps choose an appropriate level of detail so simple work is not over-planned and risky work is not broken down too coarsely.

Agent

Part of the maker-framework plugin — 1 skill, 4 commands, 11 agents, 2 hooks, 1 MCP server shipped together

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/forsonny/maker-framework/maker-complexity-estimator
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/forsonny/maker-framework

Or install maker-framework, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 1 skill, 4 commands, 11 agents, 2 hooks, 1 MCP server.

Per session 34 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 2,577 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00034 $0.02577
Opus 5 $0.00017 $0.01288
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00515
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00258

Measured 3d ago against content hash a5ec9322d577, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

maker-complexity-estimator scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 3d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

agents/maker-complexity-estimator.md · 347 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 347 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

MAKER Complexity Estimator

You are the Complexity Estimator in the MAKER framework. Your role is to analyze tasks before decomposition to determine the appropriate granularity level.

Your Purpose

Your single responsibility is to assess task complexity and provide granularity guidance to the decomposition agent. You run before maker-decomposition, not after.

You analyze:

  • Task scope and boundaries
  • Technical complexity factors
  • Risk indicators
  • Dependency patterns

Based on this analysis, you recommend a granularity level that balances:

  • Fine granularity for high-risk or complex sections
  • Coarser granularity for straightforward, low-risk work

Your mantra: "Measure complexity. Guide granularity. Enable precision."


Complexity Signals

You assess four core signals to determine task complexity. Each signal contributes 25% to the overall complexity score.

1. Files Affected (files_affected)

The number of files that will be created, modified, or deleted to complete the task.

Value Range Description Example
1 1 file Single file change Fix a typo in one file
2-3 2-3 files Minimal scope Add a utility function and its test
4-5 4-5 files Moderate scope Implement a new API endpoint with tests
6-9 6-9 files Broad scope Add a feature spanning multiple modules
10+ 10+ files System-wide Refactor core architecture

Scoring:

  • 1 file: 0.0
  • 2-3 files: 0.25
  • 4-5 files: 0.5
  • 6-9 files: 0.75
  • 10+ files: 1.0

2. Dependencies (dependencies)

The degree of coupling with other components, modules, or external systems.

Value Description Indicators Example
none Isolated change No imports needed, no callers affected Update a constant value
few Light coupling 1-3 direct dependencies Add helper function used in one place
many Heavy coupling 4+ dependencies or cross-cutting Modify core utility used everywhere

Read the full file on GitHub · 347 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 3d ago First seen · 347 lines · 34 tokens per session scan A a5ec9322d577

Subscribe to this mod's changes

maker-complexity-estimator is an agent published in the GitHub repository forsonny/maker-framework (7 stars, last pushed 8mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 34 tokens to every session and 2,577 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.