# Run Budget Guard

> Hard dollar, token, call and time caps shared by every sub-agent in one agent run.

- name: com.botrecipe/budget
- version: 1.0.1
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 83/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 73/100 (new)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.botrecipe%2Fbudget
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.botrecipe%2Fbudget/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "budget": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://budget.cloudforbots.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-5d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 73/100 (new)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 71 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- fail `tools.annotations`: no tool declares readOnlyHint or destructiveHint, so clients cannot tell safe calls from risky ones
- fail `tools.directory_hints`: no tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: budget_status (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); reserve (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); usage_and_upgrade (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); …
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 844 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `stability.changes`, `stability.rug_pull`: tool history recorded for 4 of the 7 days needed

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 6, about 844 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: dbd335f844e46fa6fc47f1b5753cb97d
- tools last changed: 2026-10-16T05:39:21.035Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/com.botrecipe/budget.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/com.botrecipe/budget)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-10-16 `usage_and_upgrade` changed (description)
  - before: Show today's usage for your key or IP and the $9/month upgrade link. Free tier: 500 calls/day. Not metered.
  - after: Show today's usage for your key or IP and the $49/month All Access upgrade link (cloudforbots.com/offer). Free tier: 500 calls/day. Not metered.

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.botrecipe%2Fbudget/changes

## Remotes

- https://budget.cloudforbots.com/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (6)

- `budget_status`: See spend vs limits, remaining budget, whether the run is stopped and why, and the last 20 ledger events. Set close=true when the run finishes.
- `open_budget`: Open a hard budget for one agent run before it starts: max dollars, tokens, calls and/or wall-clock seconds. Returns a handle. Give the handle to every sub-agent; they all draw from the same ledger, so one runaway loop or fork cannot exceed the run cap.
- `record`: After a call, report the actual usage minus what you reserved (positive if it cost more, negative to give back an overestimate). Keeps the ledger honest without blocking.
- `reserve`: Call BEFORE each model call, tool call or sub-agent spawn with your estimate. Returns allowed=true and deducts it, or allowed=false with the limit that tripped. When allowed is false, stop, do not retry, and return your partial result to the user. Atomic, so parallel sub-agents cannot both slip under the cap.
- `usage_and_upgrade`: Show today's usage for your key or IP and the $49/month All Access upgrade link (cloudforbots.com/offer). Free tier: 500 calls/day. Not metered.
- `weekly_report`: Draft a plain-English report of the last 7 days for your key (or IP): runs, spend, runs that went over their cap, and dollars spent after a cap would have stopped them. Read-only; sends nothing. Show it to your user.