DEVOPS

Forecast monthly preview build-minute budget burn

Weekly, it sums month-to-date Vercel preview build minutes, projects end-of-month usage against your plan budget.

CategoryDevOps
Enginesim
Difficultyintermediate
Triggerschedule
Steps6
Setup~15 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerWeekly schedule
  • ActionGet month-to-date Vercel preview buildsVercelVercel
  • LogicSum minutes and project month-end total
  • LogicCompare projection to budget, set status
  • ActionInsert forecast snapshot to PostgresPostgreSQLPostgres
  • OutputPost budget forecast to SlackSlack

What it does

This workflow gives finance and platform owners a forward-looking read on preview build-minute spend. Each week it totals month-to-date usage, linearly projects where the month will land versus your budgeted minutes, flags whether you are on pace to overshoot, and archives the snapshot for trend history.

When to use it

Use it when you need a recurring budget forecast rather than a reactive alert, for example a weekly cost-review ritual or a board-of-the-bill check. The Postgres log lets you chart burn over time and compare months.

How it works

  1. 1A weekly schedule triggers the run.
  2. 2Vercel returns all preview deployments month-to-date with build durations.
  3. 3A logic step sums total minutes used and projects the full-month total from days elapsed.
  4. 4A logic step compares the projection to the budget and sets an on-pace or over-pace status.
  5. 5A Postgres action inserts the snapshot (date, used, projected, status) for trend tracking.
  6. 6A Slack message delivers the forecast with used, projected, budget, and a clear over or under verdict.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect VercelDeploys, runtime logs, analytics.
  2. 2
    Connect PostgresAny Postgres URL — query, write, migrate.
  3. 3
    Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
  4. 4
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  5. 5
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  6. 6
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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