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Spend Control for Dify

Dify builds LLM apps and agent workflows quickly — which means workflows go to production fast, and production workflows spend. A guard node keeps the bill honest.

Why Dify workflows overspend

Workflow nodes call paid APIs on every run; an hourly workflow is 720 paid calls a day.

Agent nodes can trigger external tools and payments.

Retries re-run paid nodes automatically.

How it works

Add an HTTP request node to sipi.bot before any spend step, and branch on the decision: APPROVED continues, BLOCKED stops, FLAGGED routes to a human.

Rules that fit Dify workloads

Per-transaction cap on API purchases.

Daily ceiling across workflows.

Approval threshold for large spends.

Workflow branch

HTTP Request node -> https://sipi.bot/v1/transactions/evaluate
Branch:
  APPROVED -> continue to paid step
  BLOCKED  -> stop, log
  FLAGGED  -> notify, pause for approval

Three branches, one deterministic decision.

FAQ

Does sipi.bot run inside Dify?

sipi.bot is external — Dify calls it over HTTP like any other API. Self-host is available.

Can it stop a workflow retry loop?

Yes — velocity limits cap transactions per window, so a retry loop stops at the limit.

What about the open-source Dify self-host?

Same integration — it's just HTTP. The MIT core self-hosts forever.

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.

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