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Summary

  • Adds a 2026-07-03 blog post explaining why AI agent spend limits are not rate limits.
  • Frames rate limits as velocity controls and spend limits as cumulative pre-execution budget controls.
  • Cross-links rate-limiting, exposure, hard spend limits, degradation, integration-pattern, and alerting resources.

Review

  • Local eight-dimension blog review completed: factual accuracy, credibility, cross-links, SEO, code accuracy, structure, terminology, tone.
  • Title length: 41/51. Description length: 153/160.
  • Existing rate-limiting and exposure concept pages checked for source alignment.
  • Internal links and glossary anchors checked.
  • node scripts/link-glossary-terms.js --file=blog/ai-agent-spend-limits-are-not-rate-limits.md applied and reviewed.
  • npm run build passed.

Caveat

  • External codex review unavailable because codex-cli returned 401 Unauthorized from the OpenAI API.

Adds the 2026-07-03 blog draft explaining why AI agent spend limits and rate limits solve different production control problems.

Review:
- Local eight-dimension review completed for factual accuracy, credibility, cross-links, SEO, code accuracy, structure, terminology, and tone.
- Existing rate-limiting and exposure concept pages checked for source alignment.
- Internal links and glossary anchors checked.
- Glossary linker applied and reviewed.
- npm run build passed.
- External codex review unavailable because codex-cli returned 401 Unauthorized against the OpenAI API.
Addresses risk/audit review feedback for PR #741.

Changes:
- Separates spend-limit placement from low-cost high-impact side effects.
- Adds action authority and RISK_POINTS guidance for refunds, emails, deploys, and similar actions.
- Explicitly calls for decision records that explain allowed, capped, or denied risk actions.

Validation:
- Internal links and glossary anchors checked.
- SEO lengths unchanged within target range.
- npm run build passed.
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