calcLLM
LLM cost intelligence product line — the v1 public calculator launched, and on 2026-06-05 the v2 line split into two domain-scoped products: Trace (production LLM/API cost for startup CTOs) and Crew (AI dev-tool cost for platform engineering leads), each with approved positioning and ICP, pre-code.
Alignment
12 documentsCalcLLM v2 — Cost Intelligence Platform
An LLM cost intelligence platform that connects to provider billing/usage APIs, pulls usage data, and models the true cost by surfacing hidden multipliers — retry overhead, cache inefficiency, context window waste, embedding recomputation, and provider-specific pricing quirks. He
Competitive Analysis — Platform Engineering Leads
Generated 2026-05-24 · 30+ web searches executed · 17 competitors analysed across 2 problem domains
Conversion Map - Crew
Canonical Crew conversion model for turning evaluators into customers. The final approval authorized research/crew/conversion-map.md , research/crew/conversion-map-interview.md , and the next route to $transaction-map research/crew .
Crew Expansion Map
Stage 3 is complete for the Crew product path. The approved non-canonical working packet has been archived, the canonical expansion artifacts have been written, and this alignment page is now the confirmed record for the completed cycle.
Crew Lifecycle Metrics
A forward-looking instrumentation spec and stage-health model for Crew , the AI dev-tool cost product path under research/crew/ . Crew has no product code or analytics yet, so this defines what to measure when it is built. It leads with the Platform Engineering Lead (primary) and
Crew Onboarding Map
The first-30-minutes plan for Crew , the AI dev-tool cost product path under research/crew/ . A forward-looking target-state flow — Crew has no product yet — designed so every step drives toward one activation win: the Cross-Tool Reveal . It leads with the Platform Engineering Le
ICP Research — CalcLLM Cost Intelligence Platform
Generated 2026-05-23 · Research-driven customer discovery · 25+ web searches executed
Idea Scope Brief — Task ROI
from repo The repo is currently in flat single-product mode : all of research/*.md describe one concept — the cost-intelligence platform aimed at the Platform Engineering Lead ICP (locked 2026-05-24, hidden-multiplier cost modeling).
Journey Map — CalcLLM Cost Intelligence Platform
Generated 2026-05-25 · 80+ web searches across 4 research agents · 8 journey maps
Positioning — CalcLLM
2×2 matrix: 2 ICPs × 2 products · First-principles positioning
Provision Agentic Config — Workflow Orchestration
Updated ./CLAUDE.md and ./AGENTS.md with the latest workflow orchestration conventions, replacing the previous version of the block.
Transaction Map - Crew
Canonical transaction model for Crew's checkout, payment, fulfillment, receipt, refund, dispute, and trust-state flows. The map stays provider-agnostic because no payment provider, monetization artifact, policy, or product code exists yet.
Alignment History
19 documentsHistory 2026-05-31 133225 — CalcLLM v2 — Cost Intelligence Platform
An LLM cost intelligence platform that connects to provider billing/usage APIs, pulls usage data, and models the true cost by surfacing hidden multipliers — retry overhead, cache inefficiency, context window waste, embedding recomputation, and provider-specific pricing quirks. He
History 2026-05-31 133225 — Competitive Analysis — Platform Engineering Leads
Generated 2026-05-24 · 30+ web searches executed · 17 competitors analysed across 2 problem domains
History 2026-05-31 133225 — ICP Research — CalcLLM Cost Intelligence Platform
Generated 2026-05-23 · Research-driven customer discovery · 25+ web searches executed
History 2026-05-31 133225 — Journey Map — CalcLLM Cost Intelligence Platform
Generated 2026-05-25 · 80+ web searches across 4 research agents · 8 journey maps
History 2026-05-31 133225 — Positioning — CalcLLM
Updated 2026-05-26 · 2×2 matrix: 2 ICPs × 2 products · First-principles positioning
History 2026-05-31 133225 — Workflow Orchestration Provisioning
Project: calcllm Date: 2026-05-22 Skill: provision-agentic-config
History 2026-05-31 173910 — CalcLLM v2 — Cost Intelligence Platform
An LLM cost intelligence platform that connects to provider billing/usage APIs, pulls usage data, and models the true cost by surfacing hidden multipliers — retry overhead, cache inefficiency, context window waste, embedding recomputation, and provider-specific pricing quirks. He
History 2026-05-31 173910 — Competitive Analysis — Platform Engineering Leads
Generated 2026-05-24 · 30+ web searches executed · 17 competitors analysed across 2 problem domains
History 2026-05-31 173910 — ICP Research — CalcLLM Cost Intelligence Platform
Generated 2026-05-23 · Research-driven customer discovery · 25+ web searches executed
History 2026-05-31 173910 — Journey Map — CalcLLM Cost Intelligence Platform
Generated 2026-05-25 · 80+ web searches across 4 research agents · 8 journey maps
History 2026-05-31 173910 — Positioning — CalcLLM
Updated 2026-05-26 · 2×2 matrix: 2 ICPs × 2 products · First-principles positioning
History 2026-05-31 173910 — Workflow Orchestration Provisioning
Project: calcllm Date: 2026-05-22 Skill: provision-agentic-config
History 2026-06-04 233626 — Positioning — CalcLLM
Updated 2026-05-26 · 2×2 matrix: 2 ICPs × 2 products · First-principles positioning
History 2026-06-24 131616 — Crew Expansion Map Scope
This review page proposes the scope, source plan, assumptions, and approval gates for expansion-map research on Crew , the AI dev-tool cost product path under research/crew/ . It intentionally does not write final expansion findings or canonical expansion-map artifacts yet.
History 2026-06-24 134853 — Crew Preliminary Expansion Map
This page renders the full non-canonical Stage 2 working packet for Crew , the AI dev-tool cost product path under research/crew/ . It updates the same review page after approved scope YAML and stops before canonical Stage 3 writes.
History 2026-06-26 094627 — Crew Lifecycle Metrics
A forward-looking instrumentation spec and stage-health model for Crew , the AI dev-tool cost product path under research/crew/ . Crew has no product code or analytics yet, so this defines what to measure when it is built. It leads with the Platform Engineering Lead (primary) and
History 2026-07-01 230420 — Crew Onboarding Map
The first-30-minutes plan for Crew , the AI dev-tool cost product path under research/crew/ . A forward-looking target-state flow — Crew has no product yet — designed so every step drives toward one activation win: the Cross-Tool Reveal . It leads with the Platform Engineering Le
History 2026-07-06 103027 — Conversion Map - Crew
This review page proposes the research scope, source plan, assumptions, output paths, and approval gates for mapping how Crew evaluators become customers. It does not yet write research/crew/conversion-map.md or research/crew/conversion-map-interview.md .
History 2026-07-07 094753 — Conversion Map - Crew
Stage 1 scope approval has been consumed. This page reviews the non-canonical Stage 2 working packet for how Crew evaluators become customers. Approval here authorizes canonical research/crew/conversion-map.md and research/crew/conversion-map-interview.md ; until then, the workin