Your agent's cost problem isn't the model. It's the loop.
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Drafted with AI help, human-reviewed by The Agent Loop. Short version: Nobody's price per token changed this week, and your bill still went up. Agents don't pay for "a question." They pay for the whole conversation, every turn, plus every retry, plus every retry of the retry. I pulled the trajector…
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- 2026-09-25 04:55 · DEV Community — AI
Your agent's cost problem isn't the model. It's the loop.