# anomaly-alert

Flags anomalous Claude Code sessions by checking spending spikes and tool execution errors via local Agent Monitor.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 1121
- Author: hoangsonww
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor/tree/HEAD/plugins/ccam-insights/skills/anomaly-alert/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/anomaly-alert

## What it does

The skill queries a local Agent Monitor instance running on `http://localhost:4820` to inspect the last 500 sessions, analytics, and pricing data. It calculates baselines including mean values, standard deviations, percentiles, and interquartile ranges across historical runs. Without Agent Monitor active on port 4820, data collection fails immediately.

Outlier detection checks for sessions exceeding calculated thresholds, such as spending jumps over two standard deviations or consecutive tool failures. The tool flags cache miss spikes, unexpected context compaction, and abnormal turn counts. Every finding is categorized as Critical, Warning, or Info, providing an explanation alongside actionable troubleshooting steps.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill anomaly-alert -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/anomaly-alert/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/anomaly-alert/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill anomaly-alert -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/anomaly-alert/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill anomaly-alert -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/anomaly-alert/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor anomaly-alert
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/anomaly-alert/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill anomaly-alert -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --path plugins/ccam-insights/skills/anomaly-alert
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/anomaly-alert/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill anomaly-alert -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor/tree/HEAD/plugins/ccam-insights/skills/anomaly-alert/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- detect unexpected cost spikes across historical agent runs
- flag cache miss surges and uneven token consumption
- pinpoint runs with consecutive tool execution failures
- identify sessions with extreme turn counts or zero duration

## Example prompts
- Check for anomalies across all session metrics: $ARGUMENTS="all"
- Detect cost spikes using strict threshold filtering: $ARGUMENTS="cost strict"
- Analyze error rate deviations in recent runs: $ARGUMENTS="errors"

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: anomaly-alert
description: >
  Identify anomalous sessions using Agent Monitor data — cost outliers from
  the pricing engine, token anomalies (cache miss spikes, compaction baseline
  surges), unusual event type ratios (PreToolUse/PostToolUse gaps, APIError
  clusters), behavioral deviations from workflow intelligence (complexity
  score outliers, error propagation anomalies), and sessions with abnormal
  metadata (extreme turn_count, high thinking_blocks, zero turn_duration).
---

# Anomaly Alert

Detect anomalous sessions in Claude Code Agent Monitor data.

## Input

The user provides: **$ARGUMENTS**

This may be:
- "all" or empty (default: check all anomaly types)
- "cost" for cost anomalies only
- "duration" for duration anomalies only
- "errors" for error rate anomalies only
- A sensitivity level: "strict" (1σ), "normal" (2σ), "relaxed" (3σ)

## Procedure

1. **Fetch baseline data** from `http://localhost:4820`:
   - `GET /api/sessions?limit=500` — historical sessions for baseline
   - `GET /api/analytics` — aggregated metrics
   - `GET /api/pricing/cost` — cost data per session

2. **Compute baselines** for each metric:
   - Mean, median, standard deviation
   - P25, P75, P90, P95, P99 percentiles
   - Interquartile range (IQR) for robust outlier detection

3. **Detect anomalies** using statistical thresholds:

   ### Cost Anomalies
   - Sessions costing >2σ above mean
   - Single sessions exceeding daily average
   - Sudden cost spikes (session-over-session increase >200%)

   ### Duration Anomalies
   - Sessions lasting >2σ above mean duration
   - Extremely short sessions (<1 minute) that still incur cost
   - Sessions with unusual active-vs-idle ratios

   ### Error Rate Anomalies
   - Sessions with error rates >2σ above baseline
   - New error types not seen in previous sessions
   - Sessions with >3 consecutive tool failures

   ### Behavioral Anomalies
   - Unusual tool combinations not seen before
   - Sessions with abnormally high compaction counts
   - Model switches mid-session (if unexpected)
   - Sessions with no tool usage (pure conversation)

   ### Token Anomalies
   - Input/output token ratio far from historical norm
   - Cache miss rate significantly higher than average
   - Token usage growing faster than session count

4. **Classify each anomaly**:
   - **🔴 Critical**: Likely indicates a real problem requiring attention
   - **🟡 Warning**: Unusual but may be expected for certain tasks
   - **🔵 Info**: Interesting deviation worth noting

## Output Format

Present as an **Anomaly Report**:

```
═══════════════════════════════════════════════
  ANOMALY DETECTION REPORT
  Analyzed: N sessions | Baseline: last 30 days
  Anomalies found: N (🔴 N critical, 🟡 N warn, 🔵 N info)
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