budget-negotiator

<!-- NOTE: This template is a mirror of skills/budget-negotiator/SKILL.md. Any changes made here must be kept byte-identical to the source skill. --> # Budget Negotiator When you detect that you are nearing your daily token cap (e.g., ≥90% spend) via the `loop-budget` skill, DO NOT just exit silently. You must negotiate for an extension based on your Return on Investment (ROI). ## Goal Ensure that critical work is not arbitrarily blocked by token budgets if the loop has demonstrated a high success rate and the remaining work is critical. ## Rules & Precedence - **Precedence**: `budget-negotiator` ONLY activates when `loop-budget` would otherwise hard-exit (i.e. ≥90% spend), and ONLY when there are `High Priority` items remaining. If work is not High Priority, yield to the standard `loop-budget` exit sequence. - **Safety**: This skill touches L3 (unattended) safety boundaries. See [Safety Boundaries](../../docs/safety.md) for threat models. - **Strict Cap Limitation**: You are strictly forbidden from self-raising the caps in `loop-budget.md`. A human MUST explicitly edit `loop-budget.md` to increase the cap before you can resume. - **Human Decline**: If a human declines the negotiation by removing the `[BUDGET NEGOTIATION]` tag without increasing the budget, you must revert to report-only mode and NOT ask again today. - **Cap the Ask**: You may only request a maximum of **+20% or +50k tokens** per negotiation. You may only negotiate a maximum of **one time per day**....