Cost Governance

Control AI Spend at the Execution Layer

Per-session budgets. Per-agent cost limits. Real-time cost tracking. Automatic cutoff when budgets are exceeded. No runaway agents. No surprise bills.

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Runaway Agents

An agent stuck in a loop can burn through API credits, compute, and external service costs in minutes. No built-in cutoff exists.

Unpredictable Costs

Agent behavior varies by input. The same agent can cost $0.10 or $100.00 depending on the task. Without governance, budgeting is guesswork.

No Per-Agent Attribution

Most cloud billing doesn't attribute costs to individual agents or sessions. You see a total bill, not per-agent spend.

No Real-Time Cutoff

By the time you see the bill, the damage is done. Cloud billing is delayed. Agent costs compound in real time.

GovernorAI Cost Dashboard — Total spend tracking, cost over time chart, cost by provider donut chart, top agents by cost, cost by model table, and budget management with progress bars

Cost Dashboard — Per-agent cost tracking, provider breakdown, model-level attribution, and budget management

Session Budgets

Per-Session Cost Limits

Set a maximum cost per session. GovernorAI tracks spend in real time and enforces the limit. When the budget is exceeded, the session is halted or requires approval to continue.

Per-session USD limits
Real-time cost tracking
Configurable over-budget action (deny / require approval)
Cost breakdown per tool call

id: finance-agent-policy
agent_id: "finance-agent-v1"

session:
  max_steps: 50

cost:
  max_usd_per_session: 25.00
  on_exceed: deny           # or: require_approval
  alert_at_percent: 80      # warn at 80% of budget

# Result: agent automatically stopped
# when session cost reaches $25.00

Agent Budgets

Per-Agent Cost Limits

Set daily, weekly, or monthly cost caps per agent. GovernorAI aggregates costs across all sessions for an agent and enforces the limit at the execution layer.

Daily / weekly / monthly agent budgets
Namespace-level budgets for agent groups
Automatic cooldown when limits reached
Budget rollover configuration

cost:
  # Session-level
  max_usd_per_session: 25.00

  # Agent-level (aggregated across sessions)
  max_usd_per_day: 500.00
  max_usd_per_month: 10000.00

  # Namespace-level
  namespace_budget:
    "finance-agents": 50000.00/month
    "support-agents": 20000.00/month

Live Cost Dashboard

Real-time cost by agent, session, namespace, and tool. See spend as it happens, not days later.

Cost-per-Tool Attribution

Know exactly how much each tool call costs. Break down spend by tool, agent, and time period.

Budget Burn Rate

Track how fast agents are consuming their budgets. Predictive alerts before budgets are hit.

Cutoff

Automatic Cutoff

When an agent exceeds its budget, GovernorAI takes action automatically. Configure deny, require approval, or alert-only modes per agent and per policy.

Deny: Block all further tool calls for the session
Require Approval: Pause and route to human for budget override
Alert: Notify ops team but allow continued execution
Kill Switch: Terminate agent entirely on catastrophic overspend

{
  "event_type": "cost_limit_exceeded",
  "agent_id": "finance-agent-v1",
  "session_id": "sess-456",
  "cost_spent": 25.12,
  "cost_limit": 25.00,
  "action_taken": "deny",
  "reason": "Session cost limit exceeded",
  "next_steps": "Require manual approval to continue"
}

Per-Agent Reports

Detailed cost breakdowns per agent: total spend, cost per session, cost per tool, trend analysis, and budget utilization.

Per-Session Reports

Session-level cost forensics: every tool call costed, step-by-step spend timeline, and comparison against budget.