Pattern: AI Coding Cost Observability Becoming a First-Class Category

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Three independent tools now target the same problem: knowing where your AI coding tokens go. CodeBurn (6.9K stars) tracks per-project spend across Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex with one-shot success rates. Manifest (6.6K stars) routes requests to the cheapest capable model with 40-70% savings. DeepSeek-Reasonix architects entire sessions around prefix-cache hit rates. Combined with DeepSeek's permanent 75% price cut, the tooling ecosystem is treating cost as a first-class engineering metric rather than an afterthought. Builders running daily agent workflows should instrument their spend now.