I lost $200 from an agent loop, so I built per-tool AI budget controls

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I left an agent running before bed. It got stuck in a loop. By morning it had burned through $200 in LLM calls.That was the breaking point, but the real problem had been building for a while. I use tools like OpenClaw and Cursor daily, each hitting various AI providers. But I had no idea what each tool was actually costing me. One shared key across everything, no per-tool visibility, no way to cap spend.So I built AI Spend into Lava. The idea is simple. Create isolated API keys, each with their own:- Spend limit (daily/weekly/monthly/total) - Model restriction (lock to a specific model or allow any) - Real-time usage tracking - Instant revokeIt works as a transparent proxy. Your tools point

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