Package Exports
- @tokenlens/helpers
- @tokenlens/helpers/context
- @tokenlens/helpers/conversation
- @tokenlens/helpers/simple
Readme
@tokenlens/helpers

Utility helpers for context windows, usage normalization, compaction, and cost estimation. DI‑first: pass a source from @tokenlens/models or a catalog from @tokenlens/fetch.
Install
- npm:
npm i @tokenlens/helpers - pnpm:
pnpm add @tokenlens/helpers - yarn:
yarn add @tokenlens/helpers
Exports
- Context:
getContextWindow,remainingContext,percentRemaining,fitsContext - Usage:
normalizeUsage,breakdownTokens,consumedTokens - Cost:
estimateCost - Compaction:
shouldCompact,contextHealth,tokensToCompact - DI:
sourceFromModels,sourceFromCatalog,selectStaticModels
Usage (DI)
import { getContextWindow, estimateCost, sourceFromModels } from '@tokenlens/helpers';
import openai from '@tokenlens/models/providers/openai';
const source = sourceFromModels(openai);
const cw = getContextWindow('gpt-4o', { source });
const cost = estimateCost({ modelId: 'openai:gpt-4o', usage: { inputTokens: 1000, outputTokens: 500 }, source });Normalize usage shapes
import { normalizeUsage } from '@tokenlens/helpers';
const u1 = normalizeUsage({ prompt_tokens: 1000, completion_tokens: 150 });
const u2 = normalizeUsage({ inputTokens: 900, outputTokens: 200, totalTokens: 1100 });Back‑compat via tokenlens
import { getContextWindow, estimateCost } from 'tokenlens';
// Uses a default static source under the hood (deprecated path).License MIT