LLM Cost
4 articles about "LLM Cost".
How to Check Whether Your AI Agent Is Quietly Burning Money
We spent $17 in one week, and 98.8% of it paid for the agent rereading its own history. How to check your input-to-output token ratio, cap max_tokens, and verify that a config change actually took effect.
Multi-Agent Collaboration Audit: How to Check How Many Agents Are Really Running and What They Cost
We said six AI agents were collaborating. The real number was four, and we shut down the one agent that received every message to save money. How to count the agents that are actually alive and find the ones that cost more than they produce.
The Model Routing Cost Trap: Does Your LLM Fallback Chain Quietly Upgrade to the Most Expensive Model?
Our router picked the cheapest model, then climbed to the most expensive Claude every time it was rate limited, and we only noticed after $8. How to check which way your fallback chain moves on cost, and how to log which model each call actually used.
AI Agent Token Optimization in Practice: How We Cut 40% Waste Across 4 Agents
As of 2026-03-07, we run 4 AI Agents that autonomously promote our brand at $0/month. But tokens aren't free: every one of our 1,500 RPD quota needs to count. This article documents how we audited, trimmed, and optimized token efficiency across our entire Agent Fleet.