for-agencies · recorded ledger numbers

Price agent-built work from real numbers.

You build client work with coding agents. Your client asks what it will cost. code-forge gives you a record of what similar work cost before.

code-forge report --slug code-forge-site · 2026-11-06

recorded

REAL REPORT LEDGER · 2026-11-06 5 BLOCKS

A real example: this website

This site is built with code-forge. These are its own numbers from code-forge report --slug code-forge-site on 2026-11-06.

code-forge report --slug code-forge-site

Recorded block costs from code-forge report --slug code-forge-site on 2026-11-06
Block	Work	Recorded cost
S1	Project scaffold	$3.59
S2	Home page build	$6.15
S2R	Fixes to the exact-copy check and to the home page	$14.72
S2F	Test fixes	$0.26
S3	Web checks that handle a busy machine	$0.46
Total so far		$25.18

Limit of this number: it is the cost of recorded sessions. It does not include your own time. Codex coder cost is not recorded in these blocks. Your work will have its own cost and time.

01 DIAGNOSTIC · WHY FLAT QUOTES FAIL

The problem

PROBLEM 01 · UNMEASURED RUNS
A flat price is a guess when you do not know what an agent run costs.
PROBLEM 02 · UNVERIFIED CLAIMS
"The agent says it is done" is not something you can show a client.
PROBLEM 03 · BRITTLE WORKFLOWS
When a model or tool changes, a workflow that names models breaks.

02 DELIVERABLES · FOUR RULED ROWS

What you get

01
Cost and time per block.

Each block has a ledger row with its tokens, estimated cost and time. code-forge report adds them up per block and per run.
code-forge report
02
A spending stop.

Set budget.usd, and a run stops starting new sessions when it reaches that amount.
budget.usd
03
Evidence for each change.

A fresh session reviews each file, and a second model too if enabled. The gates run again before a block closes. You can show the record.
review + gates
04
Your keys, your agents.

You use your own API keys. Claude Code, Codex and Grok can write the code.
Claude Code · Codex · Grok

03 QUOTE WORKFLOW · THREE-STEP SEQUENCE

How to use it for a quote

STEP 01 · FIRST PROJECT

Run a small first project and keep the report.

REPORT RECORD 2026-11-06

code-forge report --slug code-forge-site

Total so far | $25.18

STEP 02 · PAST BLOCKS

Compare the new brief with past blocks of the same size.

RECORDED BLOCKS BY WORK code-forge-site

S1 | Project scaffold | $3.59

S2 | Home page build | $6.15

S2R | Fixes to the exact-copy check and to the home page | $14.72

S2F | Test fixes | $0.26

S3 | Web checks that handle a busy machine | $0.46

STEP 03 · YOUR QUOTE

Add your own time and margin.

CLIENT QUOTE INPUTS REAL LEDGER DATA

Recorded sessions + your own time + margin

Set budget.usd to stop starting new sessions at your limit.

We do not publish a saving number. The ledger holds real data, but there is no calibrated baseline yet.

04 SITE WORKFLOW

Website skill set

We build this site with a set of website skills on code-forge: design options from 3 models, an approval step, and an exact-copy check. It is not on sale yet.

INSTALL & INITIALIZE

Try it on a small job first.

npm install -g @codedology/code-forge then code-forge init.


                $
                npm install -g @codedology/code-forge


                $
                code-forge init