THE ECONOMICS OF AGENTS

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ASSISTANT PROMPTS Prompt 1: Full operating-cost breakdown. Use this when you must forecast what an agent will cost now and after growth. [START OF PROMPT] Produce a full operating-cost breakdown (token cost, sandbox/compute cost, observability cost) for this agent at its current and projected volume: agent = [AGENT DESCRIPTION, e.g. Resume Review Agent], current usage data = [PASTE LAB OR PRODUCTION TOKEN/COST LOGS HERE], projected volume change = [e.g. "volume doubles"]. Output format: a cost breakdown table at current volume, then at projected volume, with the delta highlighted. [END OF PROMPT] Prompt 2: Monthly cost anomaly review. Use this at the end of each month, as part of your FinOps review. [START OF PROMPT] Review this monthly cost report broken down by team/agent and flag any anomaly or unexplained spike, with a hypothesis for the likely cause: [PASTE LAB OR PRODUCTION COST REPORT DATA HERE]. Output format: an anomaly list (Line Item, Expected Range, Actual, Likely Cause) plus a recommended next investigation step. [END OF PROMPT]