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name: coderabbit-cost-tuning description: | Optimize CodeRabbit costs through tier selection, sampling, and usage monitoring. Use when analyzing CodeRabbit billing, reducing API costs, or implementing usage monitoring and budget alerts. Trigger with phrases like "coderabbit cost", "coderabbit billing", "reduce coderabbit costs", "coderabbit pricing", "coderabbit expensive", "coderabbit budget". allowed-tools: Read, Grep version: 1.0.0 license: MIT author: Jeremy Longshore jeremy@intentsolutions.io

CodeRabbit Cost Tuning

Overview

Optimize CodeRabbit costs through smart tier selection, sampling, and usage monitoring.

Prerequisites

• Access to CodeRabbit billing dashboard
• Understanding of current usage patterns
• Database for usage tracking (optional)
• Alerting system configured (optional)

Pricing Tiers

Cost Estimation

Copyinterface UsageEstimate {
  requestsPerMonth: number;
  tier: string;
  estimatedCost: number;
  recommendation?: string;
}

function estimateCodeRabbitCost(requestsPerMonth: number): UsageEstimate {
  if (requestsPerMonth <= 1000) {
    return { requestsPerMonth, tier: 'Free', estimatedCost: 0 };
  }

  if (requestsPerMonth <= 100000) {
    return { requestsPerMonth, tier: 'Pro', estimatedCost: 99 };
  }

  const proOverage = (requestsPerMonth - 100000) * 0.001;
  const proCost = 99 + proOverage;

  return {
    requestsPerMonth,
    tier: 'Pro (with overage)',
    estimatedCost: proCost,
    recommendation: proCost > 500
      ? 'Consider Enterprise tier for volume discounts'
      : undefined,
  };
}

Usage Monitoring

Copyclass CodeRabbitUsageMonitor {
  private requestCount = 0;
  private bytesTransferred = 0;
  private alertThreshold: number;

  constructor(monthlyBudget: number) {
    this.alertThreshold = monthlyBudget * 0.8; // 80% warning
  }

  track(request: { bytes: number }) {
    this.requestCount++;
    this.bytesTransferred += request.bytes;

    if (this.estimatedCost() > this.alertThreshold) {
      this.sendAlert('Approaching CodeRabbit budget limit');
    }
  }

  estimatedCost(): number {
    return estimateCodeRabbitCost(this.requestCount).estimatedCost;
  }

  private sendAlert(message: string) {
    // Send to Slack, email, PagerDuty, etc.
  }
}

Cost Reduction Strategies

Step 1: Request Sampling

Copyfunction shouldSample(samplingRate = 0.1): boolean {
  return Math.random() < samplingRate;
}

// Use for non-critical telemetry
if (shouldSample(0.1)) { // 10% sample
  await coderabbitClient.trackEvent(event);
}

Step 2: Batching Requests

Copy// Instead of N individual calls
await Promise.all(ids.map(id => coderabbitClient.get(id)));

// Use batch endpoint (1 call)
await coderabbitClient.batchGet(ids);

Step 3: Caching (from P16)

• Cache frequently accessed data
• Use cache invalidation webhooks
• Set appropriate TTLs

Step 4: Compression

Copyconst client = new CodeRabbitClient({
  compression: true, // Enable gzip
});

Budget Alerts

Copy# Set up billing alerts in CodeRabbit dashboard
# Or use API if available:
# Check CodeRabbit documentation for billing APIs

Cost Dashboard Query

Copy-- If tracking usage in your database
SELECT
  DATE_TRUNC('day', created_at) as date,
  COUNT(*) as requests,
  SUM(response_bytes) as bytes,
  COUNT(*) * 0.001 as estimated_cost
FROM coderabbit_api_logs
WHERE created_at >= NOW() - INTERVAL '30 days'
GROUP BY 1
ORDER BY 1;

Instructions

Step 1: Analyze Current Usage

Review CodeRabbit dashboard for usage patterns and costs.

Step 2: Select Optimal Tier

Use the cost estimation function to find the right tier.

Step 3: Implement Monitoring

Add usage tracking to catch budget overruns early.

Step 4: Apply Optimizations

Enable batching, caching, and sampling where appropriate.

Output

• Optimized tier selection
• Usage monitoring implemented
• Budget alerts configured
• Cost reduction strategies applied

Error Handling

Examples

Quick Cost Check

Copy// Estimate monthly cost for your usage
const estimate = estimateCodeRabbitCost(yourMonthlyRequests);
console.log(`Tier: ${estimate.tier}, Cost: $${estimate.estimatedCost}`);
if (estimate.recommendation) {
  console.log(`💡 ${estimate.recommendation}`);
}

Resources

• CodeRabbit Pricing
• CodeRabbit Billing Dashboard

Next Steps

For architecture patterns, see coderabbit-reference-architecture.