A Cheap AI Prompt Can Still Create an Expensive Business Process: Measure Full Task Cost, Not Token Price
rvp · x · 2026-09-27
The quoted microblog highlights a common mistake: a cheap AI prompt can still trigger an expensive business process — an agent may read policies, check the CRM, call tools, retry after timeouts, and still need human approval. The real metric is the full cost of completing the task, not the first prompt: every passage adds token usage and staff time, and retries and human review belong in the accounting. Organizations should measure token use and tool calls for each completed task. The main post itself is just a self-promotional reshare.
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