@steven-wu/dsh-cost-meter
Out-of-tree dsh plugin that
shows a live USD cost badge for the open conversation in the Web UI.
It is a dual-face dsh.client package:
- Host half (
lib/index.js) registers a sessionCost projection on the
session-projection seam. The fold tracks the current provider/model from
request/header events and accumulates cost from the provider-reported usage
buckets (uncached input / output / cache-read / cache-write), reusing
token-meter's "replace the same (turn, step) sample instead of
double-counting" rule. The view exposes the whole-session totals plus a
byTurn map keyed by turn number.
- Client half (
lib/client.js) registers a badge into the
conversation.chat.assistant-actions slot — the action row at the end of each
assistant message, alongside the turn's time/duration info. Each badge shows
that turn's cost; hovering opens a tooltip with the per-bucket breakdown
(input / output / cache-read / cache-write) plus the session total.
Pricing table
Pricing is USD per million tokens, keyed by provider/model:
{
"per": 1000000,
"currency": "USD",
"default": { "input": 0.6525, "output": 1.9575, "cacheRead": 0.02175, "cacheWrite": 0 },
"models": {
"deepseek-official/deepseek-v4-pro": { "input": 0.6525, "output": 1.9575, "cacheRead": 0.02175, "cacheWrite": 0 },
"deepseek-official/deepseek-v4-flash": { "input": 0.2175, "output": 0.6525, "cacheRead": 0.00725, "cacheWrite": 0 }
}
}
The plugin reads ~/.dsh/cost-pricing.json on boot (override the path with the
DSH_COST_PRICING env var or the row's config.pricingPath). On first run it
writes the default table to that path; edit it and restart dsh web to apply
changes. A model without a models entry falls back to default (zero cost
when no default is present).
Install
The package declares a dsh.bundle manifest, so dsh plugin add installs it
and adds it to the profile's bundle layers automatically — no manual patch
edit:
dsh plugin --profile web add @steven-wu/dsh-cost-meter
# restart the web profile, then refresh the page
For a local checkout during development:
dsh plugin --profile web add file:/path/to/dsh-cost-meter
Notes:
@deepseek-ai/dsh-* are declared as peerDependencies (resolved from the
harness), never as dependencies — installing them into a profile shadows the
harness copy and can pull a stale dist-tag.- The Settings "Plugins" panel is read-only (inventory + config cards); install
happens only through
dsh plugin --profile … add.
- Purely-cordis mounting (a
cordis.patch.yml insert row) also works — the
shipped cordis.patch.yml holds that row for either path.
The sessionCost projection is delivered through the same seam as
tokenUsage / sessionStats, so it also appears in every projection carrier
(history tail page, session/projection push frames) without extra wiring.
