Sentinel Skill - Modality & Token Arbitrage
| name | description |
|---|---|
| sentinel | Manages multimodal costs, token limits, and reasoning depth. USE WHEN you are running expensive Vision/Audio tasks or need to optimize performance vs. cost. |
The Key Insight
Multi-modality is expensive. Sentinel ensures that the PAI's "Perception" is used efficiently. It acts as the gatekeeper, deciding whether a task requires a 2M context window or a simple 150ms audio sweep.
Usage
Check Token Budget
bash
pai run Sentinel status
Set Reasoning Depth
bash
pai run Sentinel set-depth "High"
How it Works
It monitors the thinking_level and media_resolution parameters. It cross-references current tasks with previous ROI metrics from Pulse to ensure every high-cost call is justified.
Strategic Value
- •Cost Sovereignty: Never get a surprise bill from an "agentic" runaway process.
- •Performance Tuning: Switch between "Flash" models for speed and "Pro" models for deep thinking.
- •Resource Optimization: Scales context window usage based on the actual size of the files being analyzed.