One of my tasks is a skill that fetches my calendar via MCP and slots events into a JSON to be used for an OR-Tools constraint optimizer that finds a workable schedule for something. It then uploads those events to the calendar using MCP when I choose my favorite candidate solution.
I checked token usage for this task last time I ran it. It would’ve cost $29 in API usage with Opus 4.5.
So yea, you’re absolutely right that this stuff isn’t going to go mainstream at these rates.
