estimate_cost
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Estimate the USD cost of an LLM API call for a given model and token counts. Returns input/output/total cost, plus reseller markup vs. the upstream model when applicable.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| model | string | yes | Model id in provider/model form, e.g. anthropic/claude-opus-4-8. Use list_models to discover ids. |
| input_tokens | integer | yes | Number of input (prompt) tokens. |
| output_tokens | integer | yes | Number of output (completion) tokens. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"model": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Model id in provider/model form, e.g. anthropic/claude-opus-4-8. Use list_models to discover ids."
},
"input_tokens": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Number of input (prompt) tokens."
},
"output_tokens": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Number of output (completion) tokens."
}
},
"required": [
"model",
"input_tokens",
"output_tokens"
]
}