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+#!/usr/bin/env bun
+// daily-cost-report.ts — daily cost-monitoring entry point.
+//
+// TypeScript+Bun port of daily-cost-report.sh, slice 18 of the
+// TS+Bun migration. Wraps snapshot-burn.sh + project-runway.sh and
+// writes the human-readable projection to docs/budget-history/
+// latest-report.md. Designed to be the single entry point for the
+// daily /schedule remote-trigger routine (task #287 visibility
+// surface for the human maintainer).
+//
+// Usage:
+//   bun tools/budget/daily-cost-report.ts                  # full run, writes report
+//   bun tools/budget/daily-cost-report.ts --dry-run        # snapshot dry-run
+//   bun tools/budget/daily-cost-report.ts --skip-snapshot  # only regenerate report
+//
+// Exit codes:
+//   0 success
+//   1 if any wrapped step fails (snapshot-burn or project-runway)
+//   2 on CLI-argument errors
+//
+// Composes with:
+//   - tools/budget/snapshot-burn.sh (data-capture primitive — bash;
+//     TS port `snapshot-burn.ts` landed in #894 but this wrapper still
+//     spawns the .sh during the soak period)
+//   - tools/budget/project-runway.sh (projection primitive; bash-only)
+//   - docs/budget-history/snapshots.jsonl (append-only data store)
+//   - docs/budget-history/latest-report.md (visibility surface;
+//     OVERWRITTEN each run, not append-only)
+//
+// Note: this wrapper spawns the bash siblings (snapshot-burn.sh,
+// project-runway.sh) NOT the TS port — the bash versions are the
+// soak-period reference until they retire. Once project-runway is
+// also TS-ported and the cluster soaks clean, this wrapper can
+// switch to spawning the .ts versions.
+
+import { statSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { dirname, resolve } from "node:path";
+
+const SPAWN_MAX_BUFFER = 64 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+interface ParsedArgs {
+  readonly dryRun: boolean;
+  readonly skipSnapshot: boolean;
+}
+
+interface ArgError {
+  readonly error: string;
+  readonly exitCode: 2;
+}
+
+function parseArgs(argv: readonly string[]): ParsedArgs | ArgError | { readonly help: true } {
+  let dryRun = false;
+  let skipSnapshot = false;
+  for (const a of argv) {
+    if (a === "--dry-run") dryRun = true;
+    else if (a === "--skip-snapshot") skipSnapshot = true;
+    else if (a === "-h" || a === "--help") return { help: true };
+    else return { error: `error: unknown argument '${a}'`, exitCode: 2 };
+  }
+  return { dryRun, skipSnapshot };
+}
+
+function emitHelp(): void {
+  process.stdout.write(
+    `daily-cost-report.ts — daily cost-monitoring entry point.\n` +
+      `\n` +
+      `Usage:\n` +
+      `  bun tools/budget/daily-cost-report.ts                  # full run, writes report\n` +
+      `  bun tools/budget/daily-cost-report.ts --dry-run        # snapshot dry-run\n` +
+      `  bun tools/budget/daily-cost-report.ts --skip-snapshot  # only regenerate report\n`,
+  );
+}
+
+function scriptDir(): string {
+  return dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+}
+
+function repoRoot(): string {
+  return resolve(scriptDir(), "..", "..");
+}
+
+function nowIsoUtc(): string {
+  return new Date().toISOString().replace(/\.\d{3}Z$/, "Z");
+}
+
+function gitHeadSha(root: string): string {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line sonarjs/no-os-command-from-path
+  const result = spawnSync("git", ["-C", root, "rev-parse", "HEAD"], {
+    encoding: "utf8",
+    maxBuffer: SPAWN_MAX_BUFFER,
+  });
+  return result.status === 0 ? result.stdout.trim() : "unknown";
+}
+
+interface SpawnError {
+  readonly code?: string;
+}
+
+interface ChildOutcome {
+  readonly status: number;
+  readonly note: string;
+}
+
+function classifySpawnFailure(
+  status: number | null,
+  signal: string | null,
+  error: SpawnError | undefined,
+): ChildOutcome {
+  // 4-case helper (status set / ENOENT / signal / other) reused from
+  // PRs #887, #898, #900. Distinguishes ENOENT/permission/signal from
+  // a normal non-zero exit so callers see the actual failure mode.
+  if (status !== null) return { status, note: "" };
+  if (error?.code === "ENOENT") {
+    return { status: 127, note: "command not found on PATH (ENOENT)" };
+  }
+  if (error?.code !== undefined) {
+    return { status: 1, note: `spawn failed (${error.code})` };
+  }
+  if (signal !== null) {
+    return { status: 1, note: `terminated by signal ${signal}` };
+  }
+  return { status: 1, note: "terminated without exit code" };
+}
+
+function runSnapshotBurn(dryRun: boolean): { exitCode: number; note: string } {
+  const args = dryRun ? ["--dry-run"] : [];
+  const argsSuffix = args.length > 0 ? ` ${args.join(" ")}` : "";
+  process.stdout.write(`==> snapshot-burn.sh${argsSuffix}\n`);
+
+  const path = resolve(scriptDir(), "snapshot-burn.sh");
+  const result = spawnSync(path, args, {
+    stdio: "inherit",
+    maxBuffer: SPAWN_MAX_BUFFER,
+  });
+  const classified = classifySpawnFailure(
+    result.status,
+    result.signal,
+    result.error as SpawnError | undefined,
+  );
+  return { exitCode: classified.status, note: classified.note };
+}
+
+function runProjectRunway(): { exitCode: number; output: string; note: string } {
+  const path = resolve(scriptDir(), "project-runway.sh");
+  // Capture combined stdout+stderr in-order via shell-side `2>&1`
+  // (matches bash original `$("$script_dir/project-runway.sh" 2>&1)`
+  // which preserves chronological interleaving). Concatenating
+  // `result.stdout + result.stderr` would reorder warnings vs
+  // success output (Copilot P1 on #901).
+  // The path is constructed from import.meta.url + dirname, not from
+  // user input, so shell-quoting safety isn't an issue here.
+  const result = spawnSync("/bin/bash", ["-c", `"${path}" 2>&1`], {
+    encoding: "utf8",
+    maxBuffer: SPAWN_MAX_BUFFER,
+    stdio: ["inherit", "pipe", "pipe"],
+  });
+  // Defensive: result.stdout can be null when the child fails to
+  // start (Copilot P0 on #901). Guard with `?? ""`.
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition
+  const output = result.stdout ?? "";
+  const classified = classifySpawnFailure(
+    result.status,
+    result.signal,
+    result.error as SpawnError | undefined,
+  );
+  return {
+    exitCode: classified.status,
+    output,
+    note: classified.note,
+  };
+}
+
+function buildReport(args: { ts: string; gitSha: string; projection: string }): string {
+  return `# Latest cost projection — auto-generated
+
+**Generated:** \`${args.ts}\`
+**Factory git SHA:** \`${args.gitSha}\`
+**Source:** \`tools/budget/daily-cost-report.ts\` (wraps snapshot-burn.sh + project-runway.sh)
+
+This file is **OVERWRITTEN** on each daily run. Historical snapshots live in
+\`docs/budget-history/snapshots.jsonl\` (append-only); historical projections
+can be reconstructed from any snapshot subset via \`tools/budget/project-runway.sh\`.
+
+---
+
+## Projection text
+
+\`\`\`text
+${args.projection}
+\`\`\`
+
+---
+
+## How to read this
+
+- **\`Actions billable_ms cumulative\`** — cumulative GitHub-Actions billable runtime across captured snapshots. On public repos this is typically 0 (included minutes); meaningful for macOS / private-repo / Enterprise-plan accounts.
+- **\`Per-PR Actions ms (naive)\`** — rolling-window estimate of per-merged-PR Actions cost. Caveats in the projection text below; treat as proxy until \`N \\geq 3\` cumulative snapshots exist.
+- **\`Actions fit\`** — whether projected Stages 1-4 burn fits the configured free-tier allowance. If \`EXCEEDS\`, the gate-conditions section names escape valves.
+- **\`Copilot projected USD\`** — assumed-30-day span at the current seat count and rate. Re-run with \`--copilot-rate\` to model rate changes.
+
+---
+
+## Source data
+
+- Snapshots: \`docs/budget-history/snapshots.jsonl\`
+- Methodology: \`docs/budget-history/README.md\`
+- Wrapper: \`tools/budget/daily-cost-report.ts\` (this run)
+- Capture script: \`tools/budget/snapshot-burn.sh\`
+- Projection script: \`tools/budget/project-runway.sh\`
+`;
+}
+
+function isRegularFileSafe(path: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    return statSync(path).isFile();
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+interface StepResult {
+  readonly ok: boolean;
+  readonly projection?: string;
+}
+
+function runSnapshotStep(skipSnapshot: boolean, dryRun: boolean): StepResult {
+  if (skipSnapshot) {
+    process.stdout.write("==> snapshot-burn.sh SKIPPED per --skip-snapshot\n");
+    return { ok: true };
+  }
+  const burn = runSnapshotBurn(dryRun);
+  if (burn.exitCode !== 0) {
+    if (burn.note.length > 0) {
+      process.stderr.write(`snapshot-burn.sh: ${burn.note}\n`);
+    }
+    process.stderr.write(`error: snapshot-burn.sh failed (exit ${String(burn.exitCode)})\n`);
+    return { ok: false };
+  }
+  return { ok: true };
+}
+
+const BOOTSTRAP_PROJECTION =
+  "No snapshots captured yet. The first snapshot-burn.sh run will append a baseline row to docs/budget-history/snapshots.jsonl. Once N >= 2 snapshots exist across LFG merges, projection becomes available.";
+
+function runProjectionStep(snapshotsPath: string): StepResult {
+  if (!isRegularFileSafe(snapshotsPath)) {
+    process.stdout.write(
+      "==> project-runway.sh SKIPPED (no snapshots yet); writing bootstrap report\n",
+    );
+    return { ok: true, projection: BOOTSTRAP_PROJECTION };
+  }
+  process.stdout.write("==> project-runway.sh\n");
+  const runway = runProjectRunway();
+  if (runway.exitCode !== 0) {
+    if (runway.note.length > 0) {
+      process.stderr.write(`project-runway.sh: ${runway.note}\n`);
+    }
+    process.stderr.write(`error: project-runway.sh failed (exit ${String(runway.exitCode)})\n`);
+    return { ok: false };
+  }
+  return { ok: true, projection: runway.output };
+}
+
+export function main(argv: readonly string[]): number {
+  const parsed = parseArgs(argv);
+  if ("help" in parsed) {
+    emitHelp();
+    return 0;
+  }
+  if ("error" in parsed) {
+    process.stderr.write(`${parsed.error}\n`);
+    return parsed.exitCode;
+  }
+
+  const root = repoRoot();
+  const reportPath = resolve(root, "docs", "budget-history", "latest-report.md");
+  const snapshotsPath = resolve(root, "docs", "budget-history", "snapshots.jsonl");
+
+  const snapshotStep = runSnapshotStep(parsed.skipSnapshot, parsed.dryRun);
+  if (!snapshotStep.ok) return 1;
+
+  const projectionStep = runProjectionStep(snapshotsPath);
+  if (!projectionStep.ok) return 1;
+  const projection = projectionStep.projection ?? "";
+
+  // Step 3 — write the report (overwrite, not append)
+  const report = buildReport({
+    ts: nowIsoUtc(),
+    gitSha: gitHeadSha(root),
+    projection,
+  });
+  writeFileSync(reportPath, report);
+  process.stdout.write(`==> wrote ${reportPath}\n`);
+  process.stdout.write("OK: daily cost report regenerated\n");
+  return 0;
+}
+
+if (import.meta.main) {
+  process.exit(main(process.argv.slice(2)));
+}