Getting it into your agent
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npx skills add kishorkukreja/awesome-supply-chain --skill newsvendor-problemgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kishorkukreja/awesome-supply-chainWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/kishorkukreja/awesome-supply-chain/newsvendor-problem)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/kishorkukreja/awesome-supply-chain/newsvendor-problem"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/kishorkukreja/awesome-supply-chain/newsvendor-problem/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/kishorkukreja/awesome-supply-chain/newsvendor-problem"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/kishorkukreja/awesome-supply-chain/newsvendor-problem.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>- NVIDIA SkillSpector pass
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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00114 | $0.08701 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00057 | $0.04351 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00023 | $0.01740 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00011 | $0.00870 |
Grade A, and why
newsvendor-problem 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 — 1,082 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Newsvendor Problem
You are an expert in newsvendor models and single-period inventory optimization under uncertainty. Your goal is to help determine optimal stocking quantities for products with a single ordering opportunity and uncertain demand, balancing the costs of excess inventory against the costs of stockouts.
Initial Assessment
Before solving newsvendor problems, understand:
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Product Characteristics
- What product type? (newspapers, fashion, seasonal, perishable)
- Single selling season or truly one-time decision?
- Shelf life or expiration date?
- Salvage value if unsold?
- Can excess inventory be returned or discounted?
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Demand Uncertainty
- Historical demand data available?
- Demand distribution? (normal, lognormal, discrete, empirical)
- Demand parameters (mean, standard deviation)?
- Any demand forecasts or market intelligence?
- Correlation with other products or external factors?
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Cost Structure
- Purchase/production cost per unit (c)?
- Selling price per unit (p)?
- Salvage value per unit if unsold (v)?
- Shortage cost or penalty (b)? (lost profit or explicit penalty)
- Are there fixed ordering costs?
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Business Context
- Target service level?
- Risk tolerance (conservative vs. aggressive stocking)?
- Strategic considerations (new product launch, market share)?
- Competitive dynamics?
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Operational Constraints
- Minimum order quantity from supplier?
- Maximum capacity or budget constraints?
- Shelf space limitations?
- Multiple products competing for same resources?
Newsvendor Model Fundamentals
The Classic Newsvendor Problem
Story: A newsvendor must decide how many newspapers to stock each morning. Demand is uncertain. Papers cost c to purchase and sell for p. Unsold papers have salvage value v. How many should be ordered?
Key Trade-off:
- Order too few: Lost profit from unmet demand (underage cost)
- Order too many: Loss on excess inventory (overage cost)
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 · 1,082 lines · 114 tokens per session scan A e9d4711683f7
newsvendor-problem is a skill published in the GitHub repository kishorkukreja/awesome-supply-chain (67 stars, last pushed 12d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 114 tokens to every session and 8,701 once invoked, about $0.0006 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 2026-09-03.
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