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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 5.1 | $0.00073 | $0.00724 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00036 | $0.00362 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00015 | $0.00145 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00007 | $0.00072 |
Grade A, and why
focus-productivity 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 9d 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 — 82 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Focus & Productivity
The Developer Energy Model
Cognitive energy is finite and non-linear. Peak focus lasts 90-120 minutes max. Design your day around this, not against it.
High Energy (morning): Architecture decisions, complex bugs, new features
Medium Energy (mid-day): Code reviews, meetings, collaborative work
Low Energy (afternoon): Routine tasks, documentation, admin, emails
Deep Work Protocol
For complex tasks (coding, architecture, problem-solving):
- Block 90-120 minutes — no meetings, no Slack, phone on DND
- Single task only — close everything except what you need
- Write the task before starting: "I will [specific outcome] today"
- Start with the smallest possible first step — momentum kills inertia
Task Prioritization (Eisenhower + Developer Context)
| Urgent | Not Urgent | |
|---|---|---|
| Important | Do now (production bug, blocked teammate) | Schedule (tech debt, learning, architecture) |
| Not Important | Delegate/batch (most Slack messages) | Eliminate (unnecessary meetings) |
Daily top 3: Pick only 3 tasks that would make today a win. Do those before anything else.
Managing Interruptions
- Batch communications — check Slack/email 3x/day, not constantly
- Async by default — most things don't need an immediate reply
- Interruption log — when interrupted mid-task, write down exactly where you were before switching. Return faster.
- Visible focus signal — headphones on = in deep work, don't interrupt
Fighting Procrastination
Procrastination = avoidance of discomfort, not laziness.
Techniques:
- 2-minute rule — if it takes < 2 min, do it now
- Eat the frog — do the hardest/most dreaded task first
- Shrink it — "I'll just write the function signature" → momentum starts
- Environment design — remove distractions before they happen (content filters, app blockers)
- Body doubling — work alongside someone (physically or virtually)
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.
- 9d ago First seen · 82 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A cb66950c65ad
focus-productivity is a skill published in the GitHub repository jamestorrevillas/dev-skills (3 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 73 tokens to every session and 724 once invoked, about $0.0004 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.
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