# benchmark

The benchmark skill takes one session or a few recent ones and compares them with the rolling average from Agent Monitor data: cost, tokens, tool count and workflow complexity. Each metric comes back as a percentile of the population.

- 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/benchmark/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/hoangsonww-benchmark

## What it does

The skill reads Agent Monitor through its API. The session list builds the baseline, the pricing endpoint returns spend and the token breakdown, the workflows endpoint returns tool count and complexity, and analytics corroborates the population averages.

Input is a session ID, the word `latest` for the newest one, `latest N` for several, or nothing — then the most recent session is used. For every metric the skill computes the population mean, median and standard deviation, then the target's percentile and z-score. A |z| above 2 gets the outlier label.

The report is a Markdown table: metric, session value, population mean, percentile, z-score, label. Currency in USD to 4 decimals, tokens and tool counts as integers, complexity to 2 decimals. ▲ marks above-average, ▼ below-average. One closing line reads "Normal session" or "Outlier — driven by <metric> (pNN)". When a session stands out, the skill names the metric behind it.

The baseline comes only from the fetched population. Nothing is estimated by eye, which matters if you later lean on those numbers.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill benchmark -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/benchmark/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Tell whether a session was ordinary in cost and volume
- Find the metric that pushed a session out of band
- Compare several recent sessions against one baseline

## Example prompts
- Benchmark session `a1b2c3` against the last 200 sessions
- Run benchmark on `latest` and say if it is normal or an outlier
- Benchmark `latest 5` against the rolling average per metric

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---
name: benchmark
description: >
  Benchmark one session (or a small recent set) against the rolling average using
  Agent Monitor data — cost, total tokens, tool count, and workflow complexity
  score — and report where each metric lands as a percentile of the population.
  Tells you whether a session was normal, cheap, or an outlier. Use when judging
  whether a session was typical or out of band.
---

# Benchmark

Score a session against the rolling population average and report its percentile on
cost, tokens, tool count, and complexity using Agent Monitor data.

## Input

The user provides: **$ARGUMENTS**

This may be:
- A single session ID — benchmark that session
- "latest" — benchmark the most recent session
- "latest N" — benchmark the N most recent sessions, each vs the average
- empty — benchmark the most recent session (default)

## Data Sources

| Endpoint | Returns |
|----------|---------|
| `GET /api/sessions?limit=N` | Population of sessions with `cost`, `model`, `started_at`, `metadata` (turn_count, total_turn_duration_ms) — builds the rolling baseline |
| `GET /api/pricing/cost/{sessionId}` | `{ total_cost, breakdown:[{ input_tokens, output_tokens, cache_read_tokens, cache_write_tokens, cost }] }` — the target session's cost and tokens |
| `GET /api/workflows/{sessionId}` | `complexity` (score), `stats` (tool/event counts), `toolFlow` (distinct tools used) — the target session's tool count and complexity |
| `GET /api/analytics` | `avg_events_per_session`, `tool_usage`, `daily_sessions` — corroborates population-level averages |

## Report Sections

### 1. Build the Baseline
Fetch the population with `GET /api/sessions?limit=200` (the rolling set). For each
session gather cost (`GET /api/pricing/cost/{id}` or the list `cost` field), total
tokens (sum of the 4 token types from the pricing breakdown), tool count and
complexity (`GET /api/workflows/{id}`). Compute mean, median, and standard
deviation for each metric across the population.

### 2. Measure the Target
For the requested session, pull the same four metrics:
- **Cost** — `total_cost` from `GET /api/pricing/cost/{id}`.
- **Total tokens** — `input + output + cache_read + cache_write` summed from the breakdown.
- **Tool count** — distinct/total tools from `GET /api/workflows/{id}` `stats`/`toolFlow`.
- **Complexity score** — `complexity.score` from `GET /api/workflows/{id}`.

### 3. Percentile and Deviation
For each metric report the target's percentile within the population (share of
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