The latest articles on DEV Community by Ayush Chauhan (@ayushsinghbais). https://dev.to/ayushsinghbais https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3937442%2F33db961e-7332-4e40-9643-2f5d02346489.jpg https://dev.to/ayushsinghbais en Ayush Chauhan Mon, 18 May 2026 07:20:29 +0000 https://dev.to/ayushsinghbais/ai-agents-should-have-budgets-before-production-1kpd https://dev.to/ayushsinghbais/ai-agents-should-have-budgets-before-production-1kpd <p>If you are building production AI agents, token monitoring is not enough.</p> <p>You need budget rules around:</p> <ul> <li>Maximum model calls per task</li> <li>Maximum tool calls</li> <li>Retry limits</li> <li>Maximum runtime</li> <li>Maximum context size</li> <li>Daily or monthly spend by workflow</li> <li>Owner for each agent workflow</li> </ul> <p>The important shift is this: agents do not just generate cost from user requests. They generate cost from behaviour.</p> <p>Full article: <a href="https://oggycloud.com/blog/why-ai-agents-need-budgets-before-production" rel="noopener noreferrer">OggyCloud</a></p> ai budget agents productivity