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Designing budgets for autonomous agents
Reserve-then-settle ledgers, per-run ceilings, graceful degradation and idempotency - the four mechanics that make autonomy financially safe.
Aug 3, 2026 · 5 min read
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Metering that actually stops
Budget caps are only real if something is checked before the money leaves. Inside the ledger and the degradation ladder.
Jul 28, 2026 · 3 min read
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Point Claude at your marketing stack
The hosted MCP server: one config entry, the whole catalog, the same budget guardrails.
Jul 22, 2026 · 3 min read
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