CyclesBudget authority for autonomous agents

Hard limits on agent spend and actions enforced before execution — not after.
OpenClaw / Python / TypeScript / Spring Boot.
Open protocol, Apache 2.0.

What is Cycles?

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Budget is reserved before the call. If exhausted, the call is blocked — not billed.

from runcycles import cycles

@cycles(estimate=5000, action_kind="llm.completion", action_name="openai:gpt-4o")
def ask(prompt: str) -> str:
    return openai.chat.completions.create(
        model="gpt-4o",
        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": prompt}]
    ).choices[0].message.content

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Quickstart Guides

Get started in Python, TypeScript, or Spring Boot. Deploy the full stack with Docker in under 5 minutes.

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Concepts

Understand why rate limits fail for agents, what Cycles actually solves, and how teams evolve from dashboards to budget authority.

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How-To Guides

Integrate with OpenAI, Anthropic, LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, AWS Bedrock, and more. Budget patterns, estimation strategies, error handling, and testing.

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Protocol Reference

Reserve-commit lifecycle, authentication, scope derivation, units, caps, overage policies, TTL, decide, dry run, events, debt, balances, metrics, and error handling.

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Incident Patterns

Real failure modes — runaway agents, tool loops, retry storms, concurrent overspend, and scope misconfigurations.

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Operations

Production deployment, monitoring, security hardening, and troubleshooting guides for platform teams.

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