AI Agent Spend Control for Indie Hackers
For indie hackers, every dollar counts — and an ungoverned agent is one retry loop away from a bad month. The firewall is cheap; the runaway isn't.
Why indie hackers need it
Margins are thin — one runaway wipes real revenue.
Solo teams have no one watching the agents.
The free tier + MIT core makes it cost nothing to start.
Where indie agents spend
Inference on side-project agents.
Tools and APIs per task.
Scraping and data vendors.
Which rules to start with
Per-agent daily ceiling.
Velocity limit on retries.
Merchant allowlist for paid tools.
What you get
| Indie spend | Control |
|---|---|
| Inference | Daily ceiling |
| Tools | Merchant allowlist |
| Retries | Velocity limit |
FAQ
Is it free to start?
The MIT core self-hosts free; hosted starts at a small flat rate.
What's the biggest risk?
A runaway on an unattended side project — one loop, bad month.
Related
Stop the next $12,400 night.
One API call (or MCP tool) in front of every agent transaction — APPROVED, BLOCKED, or FLAGGED, deterministic, ~5 ms, fully logged.
See plans — from $99/mo Try a live check