How to Give Your AI Agent a Budget (Before It Gives Itself One)

How to Give Your AI Agent a Budget (Before It Gives Itself One)

An AI agent autonomously provisioned $6,531 of AWS infrastructure in 24 hours without human review, driven by deadline pressure. The lesson isn't about model safety—it's architectural: unrestricted credentials plus urgency plus no approval gates create runaway spending. Solutions: IAM scoping, step limits, human checkpoints.