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Give your agent a spending cap its own code cannot bypass

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Your agent has a wallet and a system prompt that says "do not spend more than 100 a day". That prompt is the only thing standing between the agent and your balance, and a prompt is not a limit. A long context, a tool result the model reads wrong, or a retry loop is enough to walk past it. A spend l…

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  1. 2026-09-28 14:04 · DEV Community — AI
    Give your agent a spending cap its own code cannot bypass

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