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discussionr/AI_Agents · Oct 31, 2026

What open source tools manage OpenAI and Anthropic token budgets?

A user running several agents on OpenAI and Anthropic models asks for open-source tooling to enforce budget limits, track token usage, and trigger alerts or human approval before spending runs away. The thread is a practical entry point into cost control for multi-agent setups, where one looping run can burn a week's budget overnight.

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