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The Hidden Bill: Where AI Agent Costs Actually Come From
Community description: The model's per-token price is the cheapest part of running an AI agent. The real bill comes from the loop around it. Here's where the money actually goes.
Dev.to | Sep 25, 2026 | Rudratosh Shastri
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The fix people miss: trim tool outputs before they enter context. Each sub-agent has its own context, its own loop, its own tool calls, its own retries. Trim tool outputs before they enter context (kills Leak #2).
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