BUDGETS AND RESOURCE LIMITS

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ASSISTANT PROMPTS [START OF PROMPT] Recommend specific starting numbers for a three-part budget system (token, time, money) for this agent and task profile: [AGENT/TASK DESCRIPTION, e.g. Resume Review Agent processing a folder of N resumes], typical cost/complexity data = [PASTE COST OR TOKEN USAGE DATA IF AVAILABLE]. Specify the exact graceful-termination message format for each budget type running out. Output format: a budget table (Type, Starting Limit, Justification) plus a termination-message template per type. [END OF PROMPT] [START OF PROMPT] This agent entered a retry loop and burned through budget: [PASTE LAB OR PRODUCTION LOG SHOWING REPEATED FAILED TOOL CALLS HERE]. Diagnose why the current retry logic did not stop it, and propose the exact exponential-backoff schedule and maximum-retry-count fix, including the total worst-case time/cost it would now consume before giving up. Output format: root cause, fixed retry config (delays, max attempts), worst-case cost/time calculation. [END OF PROMPT] CHAPTER SUMMARY A budget is a harness-enforced limit on tokens, time, or money. Budgets are tracked per agent and per workspace so one runaway agent cannot drain a shared pool. When a budget is exhausted, the harness stops gracefully, using a reserved allowance to report progress and save state. Step limits, repeat detection, bounded retries, exponential backoff, and jitter prevent runaway loops.