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Add TOKEN_ECONOMY_GUIDANCE.md for budgeting AI spend and model choice#35

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  • Introduced a new document detailing token economics and a repeatable budgeting model for AI spend.

  • Added a section on predicting monthly costs based on usage patterns and model choices.

  • Included a worked example to illustrate the budgeting process for engineers using AI in their development workflow.

  • more recommendation is needed — keep models in the same technology level (product generation), comparable LLM size and capabilities

    • Rewrote the comparability recommendation: the variant fleet must be one product generation, within ~2× price band, similar coding capability (with a plain rule-of-thumb), and explained why — a mixed fleet makes divergence unreadable (spec vs. capability gap) and per-variant cost erratic.
  • Which models to use as LOW / MEDIUM / HIGH

    • Added a "Which models to use for LOW / MEDIUM / HIGH" subsection: per-tier job, what to pick, why, and the current default, plus swap-in guidelines (don't mix generations within a tier, HIGH ≥ every MEDIUM model, fewer MEDIUM = cheaper/weaker signal, provider format).

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… guidance

- Introduced a new document detailing token economics and a repeatable budgeting model for AI spend.
- Added a section on predicting monthly costs based on usage patterns and model choices.
- Included a worked example to illustrate the budgeting process for engineers using AI in their development workflow.
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