Budget Management
Domain: Tools & Function Calling
🎯 Motivation
Setting and enforcing spending limits for tools. The agent stops using paid tools when the budget is reached.
📋 Concrete Example
Budget: 0.85 spent, agent warns: ‘Approaching budget limit.’ At $1.00, it stops: ‘Budget exhausted. Free tools only.’ It manages its own spending.
🔗 Analogy
A prepaid phone card - you have $50 credit. Each call costs money. When credit runs out, you cannot call anymore. Budget management gives agents a prepaid card for tool spending.