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Before calling an agent budget a hard cap, define its boundary.

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What work is covered, measured, and stopped?

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Check whether the allowance covers child agents, retries, and tool calls.

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Unmeasured categories must remain unknown, not zero.

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A dashboard reports usage. An alert requests intervention.

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An admission limit refuses new work; it may leave existing work running.

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Find out when the runtime checks its limit.

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Calls already in flight can matter, so verify the actual stopping behavior.

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In OpenScout, a caller timeout does not cancel the flight.

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A cancellation request also needs a verified execution outcome.

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Test a small allowance on disposable work and inspect the result.

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Compare the recorded stop with the usage you can observe.

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Name the scope, meter, and enforcement point before promising a cap.

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OpenScout does not claim universal enforced spending limits.