Cost & Capacity Planning
How do I prioritize key cost drivers as I scale my agent workloads?
Start by mapping all agent workload components to either model or execution layers. Next, track key operational signals tied to each layer, including execution compute usage per individual task, retry volumes across failed runs, long waits for external tooling, and model inference volumes tied to agent tasks. Keep in mind this framework does not account for unplanned engineering rework from unhandled failures.
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