Multi-agent token costs are completely out of control and I can't figure out where the leak is
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We're running 5 agents in production and the monthly bill is roughly 5-6x what we budgeted. I'm pretty sure it's coordination overhead...agents re-injecting context, talking to each other, state management just eating tokens. The problem is I can't tell which agent is actually the culprit or what's…
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- 2026-08-27 06:46 · r/AI_Agents
Multi-agent token costs are completely out of control and I can't figure out where the leak is