Rate-Cap Every Tool: Six-Step Checklist for Production AI Agents
blaizedsouza · x · 2026-08-23
A practitioner shares rate-capping practices for production AI agents: a looping agent can hammer a tool until cost and downstream systems break. Core principle: unlimited tool calls are unlimited risk.
The checklist: cap calls per run and per minute, use tighter caps for write tools, return a structured error when a cap trips, alert on repeated cap hits, and review caps after each incident. A pro tip: track both planned and executed calls, since both can explode.
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