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Stop Runaway LLM Spend: AI Agent Cost Control (Python)
DEV.to AIΒ·April 12, 2026
The text addresses the problem of excessive and unsupervised spending by autonomous LLMs, which can incur high costs due to loops or unnecessary tool calls. To mitigate this, AgentGuard, a Python SDK, is introduced to enforce budget, token, time, and rate limits, thereby preventing unexpected expenses.
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