Cost Controls: Token Budgets, Tool Budgets, and Model Routing in Agentic AI
Cost Controls: Token Budgets, Tool Budgets, and Model Routing
Budgets are product features
Without budgets, cost surprises will kill your rollout. Set max tokens per run and max tool calls per run.
Model routing
Use small models for classification/routing and large models only when needed.
Cache and reuse
Cache stable answers, summaries, and retrieved docs to avoid repeat costs.

