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59 posts on agentguard — guides and lab notes from real runs on hardware we own. New posts land here automatically. Start anywhere, or grab the copy-paste prompts that ship with them.
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Your AI agent doesn't need memory. It needs a file.
I run a one-person company on scheduled agents and gave almost none of them memory. They write to files instead. Here is why that wins.
- 6 min read
How to Close the AI Agent Cost Gap at the Call Site
The cost gap between what an AI agent could cost and what it does cost is 40%. You close it at the call site, not in a dashboard. Here is how.
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57-71% of AI Agents Leak Data Between Users. Here's the Fix.
A 2026 Mem0 survey found 57-71% cross-user memory contamination across major agent frameworks. Here is why it happens and how to stop it.
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When JPMorgan's AI bill goes up, who controls it?
JPMorgan turned on AI for 250k people. The quiet line is that the usage racks up fees. Here is how to control the bill before it arrives.
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Anthropic's IPO and the 40% Cost-Savings Gap: Why Your Spend Cap Matters More Now
Anthropic filed for IPO at a $47B run-rate while 40% of enterprise customers report under 10% cost savings from Claude. Here is how to close that gap.
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Your AI Agent's Retry Loop Is a Cost Bug Waiting to Happen
A repair agent in my own pipeline failed the same check 27 times in a row. Each try was a paid model call. Here is why uncapped retries quietly burn money, and the two-line fix.
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What Anthropic's MITRE ATT&CK Report Means for Teams Running AI Agents
Anthropic banned 832 accounts for AI-enabled attacks. What it means for teams running AI agents.
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When JPMorgan Turns On AI Bank-Wide, Who Controls the Bill?
JPMorgan just switched on AI for 250,000 employees. The headline is workforce shift. The quiet story is enterprise AI cost, and why token spend runs away without controls.
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When Not to Use an AI Agent
Most AI advice tells you to ship more agents. Here is the honest opposite: the four times a plain script and a human beat an agent, learned running a fleet daily.
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What GitHub Copilot Users Wish They Had a Week Ago
Copilot went usage-based and bills spiked. The fix is a runtime budget cap at the call site.
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What Uber's $1,500/Developer AI Cap Tells You About Your Own Bill
Uber caps every employee at $1,500/month per AI coding tool. The real fix is a per-identity cap in code, not a policy memo.
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When Your Blog Repair Loop Fails 23 Times, Stop Repairing
My blog repair loop chewed on a stale draft for 23 mornings and reported "blocked" every time. The fix was not a smarter retry. It was a TTL and a heal path.
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