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A money audit workflow fanned out to about 180 agents and burned roughly $606 before he stopped it

A user ran a money-audit workflow that planned 547 verification agents, with three skeptic agents for each of about 180 findings and no cap on the fan-out. About 180 agents ran, using roughly 36.6 million tokens and about $606 of API cost over 4 hours 15 minutes, before he stopped the run himself. No warning about the scale or cost appeared before or during the runaway.

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How it works

  1. Money-audit workflow starts
  2. Plan fans out to 547 agents with no cap
  3. About 180 run over 4 hours 15 minutes
  4. Roughly 36.6 million tokens and about $606 consumed
  5. He stops the run himself

Why it’s worth knowing

The audit was meant to protect his money. Its own unchecked fan-out became one of the largest costs in the room.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on github.com. See the original ↗

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