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 "generated": "2026-10-24",
 "id": "2youg1-sprawling-agents--measure-city-cost-and-resource-use",
 "repo": "2youg1/sprawling-agents",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/2youg1/sprawling-agents",
 "repo_slug": "2youg1-sprawling-agents",
 "title": "Measure run time, model cost and memory of a city",
 "page_title": "How to measure run time, model cost and memory of a city with Sprawling Agents",
 "summary": "Read timings, tokens, cost and resource use with gauge and set a memory ceiling.",
 "who": "A developer on a shared or limited machine who needs to know what an agent team costs in tokens and memory.",
 "problem": "Long runs can use model budget and memory without showing where it went.",
 "outcome": "A report of run timings, model calls, tokens, cost and resource use on your hardware, with a memory limit you chose.",
 "steps": [
  "Start the city with `sprawling up ./cities/first` and run a short task.",
  "Run `sprawling gauge` to read timings, model calls, tokens, cost and resource use.",
  "Open Settings → Performance and set a memory ceiling for each run if you want one.",
  "Compare the readings with the budgets in tools/xtask/budgets.toml."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "In the 2youg1/sprawling-agents repo, run a short task in a city at ./cities/first, then run `sprawling gauge` and save its output. Expected output: a summary of run timings, tokens and cost. Verify that the figures are from your own machine, not from the recorded readings in tools/xtask/budgets.toml.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "45 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README says there is no memory ceiling by default and only you can set one, so runs have no limit until you choose one.",
 "category": "Work and operations",
 "tags": [
  "Work and operations"
 ],
 "lang": "rust",
 "requirements": [
  "Node.js and npm for the npm install route, or Bun, or the Rust toolchain for cargo install",
  "A model provider account you can connect, or a local model",
  "A browser to use the page the city opens",
  "Alpha software: data formats and the interface may change between versions"
 ],
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 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.7,
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