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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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5 | $0.00138 | $0.02525 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00069 | $0.01262 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00028 | $0.00505 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00014 | $0.00252 |
Grade A, and why
complexity-equation 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 4d 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 185 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Complexity Equation（复杂度乘法方程）
R — 原文 (Reading)
"Add a third person, and the degree of complexity triples from two to six. Add a fourth, and it quadruples to 24. Expanding from three to four people grows the team only 33%, yet complexity may increase 400%."
— Vern Harnish, Scaling Up, 第2章 Barriers
I — 方法论骨架 (Interpretation)
复杂度乘法方程揭示了企业扩张的隐性代价：人数线性增长，复杂度指数增长。
公式的本质：每增加一个人，与所有人的沟通节点都要重新计算。 两个人=1条关系；三个人=3条关系；四个人=6条关系；五个人=10条关系。 这叫"组合数增长"——n个人产生的连接数 = n(n-1)/2。
数字说话：
- 2人 → 1连接
- 3人 → 3连接（+200%）
- 4人 → 6连接（+100%，但团队只增33%）
- 5人 → 10连接
- 10人 → 45连接
关键洞察：增长不是问题，缺乏管理增长的系统才是问题。 复杂度不是要不要面对的选项，而是成长的必然副产品。 解决方案不是"不增长"，而是"提前建立消化复杂度的机制"： 流程（Process）、规则（Disciplines）、沟通节奏（Rhythm）。
A1 — 书中的应用 (Past Application)
案例 1: 团队从3人到4人的"死亡陷阱"
- 问题: 3人团队运转流畅，加了第4个"聪明人"后反而频繁开会、协调成本暴增
- 方法论的使用: 用复杂度公式解释——不是第4个人不行，是连接数从3跳到6， 团队没有为此准备额外的流程和沟通机制
- 结论: "4人门槛"需要引入明确的会议节奏和决策流程
- 结果: 创始团队开始重视"加人不加乱"的组织设计
案例 2: 30人扩张到50人的中层管理危机
- 问题: 快速扩张期，管理层抱怨"信息传不下去"，部门墙越来越厚
- 方法论的使用: 50人产生的连接数是1225，30人是435——人增加了67%， 连接数增加了近3倍。没有对应的信息流通机制，必然出现失真
- 结论: 在这个规模必须引入结构化的沟通机制（周会、简报、可视化看板）
- 结果: 引入Rockefeller Habits中的会议节奏工具，情况显著改善
案例 3: 复杂度的"隐性税"
- 问题: 创始人抱怨"我明明雇了更多人来分担，怎么我还是这么累"
- 方法论的使用: 展示数字：6人团队有15条连接，每条连接都在消耗 创始人的协调能量。更多人意味着更多连接，更多连接意味着更多潜在冲突和决策节点
- 结论: 解决方式不是减人，而是建立不依赖创始人的决策系统
- 结果: 创始人对"系统化"而非"靠人"有了全新理解
A2 — 触发场景 (Future Trigger) ★
用户会在什么情境下需要这个 skill?
- 团队从3-5人向10人以上扩张的阶段——开始感觉到协调成本上升， 但还没意识到这是结构性的
- 创始人在"要不要招人"的问题上纠结——感觉招了人效率反而下降， 怀疑是不是招错了人，而不是系统设计问题
- 公司出现"部门墙"或"沟通断层"——部门之间互相甩锅， 信息在传递过程中失真或消失
- 在做组织架构设计或汇报线调整——想要理解增加一个层级 或者增设一个部门会对复杂度产生什么影响
- 讨论"公司可不可以再快一点扩张"——需要量化理解 扩张速度与组织消化能力之间的关系
语言信号 (用户的话里出现这些就应激活)
- "我们人也不多啊，怎么感觉协调起来这么累？"
- "加了一个人之后好像更慢了，是不是招错了？"
- "部门之间好像有墙，信息传着传着就没了"
- "我一个人扛不住了，是不是该招个副总？"
- "增长太快是不是有问题？要不要放慢脚步？"
- "三个人干得挺好，加了第四个反而出问题了"
与相邻 skill 的区分
- 与
Growth Paradox（成长悖论）的区别: 成长悖论是"为什么越大越累" 的哲学层面解释；复杂度方程是这个悖论的数学层面量化工具 - 与
PACe（流程问责表）的区别: PACe是复杂度管理的具体落地工具， 复杂度方程是"为什么要用PACe"的原因解释 - 与
Rockefeller Habits的区别: Rockefeller Habits是复杂度管理的 一套具体习惯清单；复杂度方程是这些习惯存在的理论依据
What ships with it
1 file beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
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.
- 4d ago First seen · 185 lines · 138 tokens per session scan A 2481a996c3de
complexity-equation is a skill published in the GitHub repository ace3000chao/book2startup (75 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 138 tokens to every session and 2,525 once invoked, about $0.0007 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.
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