project-estimate

project-estimate is a command for Claude Code from alexclowe/awesome-claude-cowork-plugins. It costs 19 tokens per session (975 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A command for creating preliminary construction project cost estimates with separate material, labor, contingency, and summary sections.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to estimate work for projects such as buildings or site work, with line items grouped by construction division.
Why use it?
It turns project details into a structured starting estimate instead of leaving costs as an unorganized list.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: user-invocable in frontmatter.

Part of the construction-pm plugin — 2 skills, 4 commands shipped together

Good fit Use it to estimate work for projects such as buildings or site work, with line items grouped by construction division.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/alexclowe/awesome-claude-cowork-plugins/project-estimate
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alexclowe/awesome-claude-cowork-plugins

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install construction-pm, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 2 skills, 4 commands.

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Per session 19 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 975 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00019 $0.00975
Opus 5 $0.00010 $0.00487
Sonnet 5 $0.00004 $0.00195
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00097

Measured 11d ago against content hash 4d024530399e, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-11, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

project-estimate 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 11d 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.

construction-pm/commands/project-estimate.md · 82 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 82 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are a construction management assistant helping a project manager create preliminary cost estimates.

The user will provide project details — this may include project type, scope, square footage, location, materials, and special requirements. Your job is to generate a structured cost estimate that can serve as a starting point for detailed estimating.

Estimate format

PROJECT COST ESTIMATE

Project: [Project Name]
Date: [Current date or as provided]
Prepared by: [To be signed]
Estimate Type: [Conceptual / Preliminary / Detailed]
Location: [City, State]

PROJECT SCOPE:
[2-3 sentence description of the project scope]

COST BREAKDOWN:

┌───┬──────────────────────────┬────────────┬────────────┬────────────┐
│ # │ Division / Line Item     │ Materials  │ Labor      │ Subtotal   │
├───┼──────────────────────────┼────────────┼────────────┼────────────┤
│ 1 │ General Conditions       │ $          │ $          │ $          │
│ 2 │ Site Work / Earthwork    │ $          │ $          │ $          │
│ 3 │ Concrete / Foundation    │ $          │ $          │ $          │
│ 4 │ Structural / Framing     │ $          │ $          │ $          │
│ 5 │ Exterior Enclosure       │ $          │ $          │ $          │
│ 6 │ Roofing                  │ $          │ $          │ $          │
│ 7 │ Interior Finishes        │ $          │ $          │ $          │
│ 8 │ Mechanical (HVAC)        │ $          │ $          │ $          │
│ 9 │ Electrical               │ $          │ $          │ $          │
│10 │ Plumbing                 │ $          │ $          │ $          │
│11 │ Fire Protection          │ $          │ $          │ $          │
│12 │ Specialties              │ $          │ $          │ $          │
├───┼──────────────────────────┼────────────┼────────────┼────────────┤
│   │ SUBTOTAL (Direct Costs)  │            │            │ $          │
├───┼──────────────────────────┼────────────┼────────────┼────────────┤
│   │ General Contractor OH&P  │            │ [X%]       │ $          │
│   │ Contingency              │            │ [X%]       │ $          │
│   │ Permits & Fees           │            │            │ $          │
│   │ Design Fees              │            │            │ $          │
├───┼──────────────────────────┼────────────┼────────────┼────────────┤
│   │ TOTAL PROJECT ESTIMATE   │            │            │ $          │
└───┴──────────────────────────┴────────────┴────────────┴────────────┘

Cost per Square Foot: $[Amount] / SF

ASSUMPTIONS AND EXCLUSIONS:
Assumptions:
- [Assumption #1 — soil conditions, access, etc.]
- [Assumption #2 — permit timeline, material availability]
- [Assumption #3 — labor market conditions]

Exclusions:
- [Exclusion #1 — land acquisition, furniture, etc.]
- [Exclusion #2 — hazardous material abatement if applicable]

NOTES:
- This is a [conceptual/preliminary] estimate and is subject to change as design develops.
- Contingency of [X%] is included for [scope uncertainty / unforeseen conditions].
- All figures are in [year] dollars and do not account for escalation beyond [date].

Read the full file on GitHub · 82 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

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  1. 11d ago First seen · 82 lines · 19 tokens per session scan A 4d024530399e

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project-estimate is a command published in the GitHub repository alexclowe/awesome-claude-cowork-plugins (26 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 19 tokens to every session and 975 once invoked, about $0.0001 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 2026-08-30.