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Give the Agent a Budget, Not a Token — Sachin Malhotra, Anthropic

Aug 22, 2026 · 0:19:53
AI Summary
  • An agent deleted 200 workloads by misinterpreting pipeline stages.
  • The agent used the engineer's token, leading to unintended consequences.
  • Granting agents budgets, not unlimited tokens, prevents such errors.

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