Agent makes 20-25 API calls per run, burning $2,500 — which data APIs hold up?
__KillJoy · reddit · 2026-10-14
A developer shares real cost pain from a sourcing agent that iterates search→read→refine→search, taking 20-25 API calls per run. It hit rate limits immediately and once required a $2,500 credit top-up. About half the calls trace to one missing field: the data API returns company, title, and dates but not the written description of what the person actually did, so the agent loops back for more. He asks which data APIs survive agent-driven callers and return enough per call to stop the loop.
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