Adding a Cost Budget Gate for Agents
getnable · reddit · 2026-07-10
The author built an MCP tool that, before an agent executes infrastructure commands like terraform or kubectl, checks estimated cost, budget, and policy, and returns allow, ask, or block. The tool also suggests submitting fixes via pull requests rather than letting the agent execute directly.
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