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Cost & Budget Control
Agents are expensive — per-task budget, daily caps, per-user limits. One loop can burn $100.
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Mandatory cost controls:
- Per-task budget: max $ + max tokens per agent run. Graceful stop at limit.
- Per-user daily cap: monthly quota per user.
- Per-tool cost: vision calls (computer use) are expensive — counter + alert.
- Daily total alarm: notify at 2× expected.
- Anomaly detection: infinite loop catcher — if last-hour spend > 5× normal, auto-pause.
- Model fallback: at 80% budget, downgrade executor model (Sonnet → Haiku).
Tools: Helicone built-in, custom Postgres + alerts.