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ANIMAL — Spend Tracker

Budget: $25.00

Date: 2026-05-13

Image Generation (Imagen 4 via Vertex AI)

| Asset | S3 Key | Est. Cost | Status |

|-------|--------|-----------|--------|

| Wolf avatar (Studio Ghibli, moonlit cliff) | oracle/animal/avatars/wolf-current.png | $0.04 | PENDING |

| Hawk sighting card | oracle/animal/sightings/hawk.png | $0.04 | PENDING |

| Snake sighting card | oracle/animal/sightings/snake.png | $0.04 | PENDING |

| Owl sighting card | oracle/animal/sightings/owl.png | $0.04 | PENDING |

| Bear sighting card | oracle/animal/sightings/bear.png | $0.04 | PENDING |

Image subtotal: ~$0.20

TTS (Gemini TTS, Achernar voice)

Daily message is generated once per day per animal and cached to S3. Cost per generation: ~$0.002 per 1,000 chars. Message is ~280 chars.

| Asset | S3 Key | Est. Cost |

|-------|--------|-----------|

| Wolf daily message audio (today) | oracle/animal/audio/wolf-2026-05-13.mp3 | ~$0.001 |

TTS subtotal: ~$0.001/day → ~$0.03/month

Infrastructure

• S3 storage: negligible (<1 MB total assets)
• CloudFront: ~$0.00 at current traffic
• Route53: $0.50/hosted zone/mo (shared across studio)

Total Estimated Spend

| Category | Amount |

|----------|--------|

| Image generation (5 assets) | $0.20 |

| TTS (first month) | $0.03 |

| Infra (proportional share) | $0.10 |

| Total | $0.33 |

Remaining budget: $24.67 of $25.00

S3 Cache Protocol

Per TITAN feedback rule: head_object on target S3 key BEFORE generating any asset. Only generate if key is missing. All keys are date-stamped or hash-stamped for stability.