Agent Cost Report Template
A monthly agent cost report turns the audit log into decisions. Here's the structure that works.
The report
1. Total spend vs budget, by agent.
2. Spend by category: inference, data, tools, payments.
3. Top vendors and any new merchants.
4. Blocked: what the firewall stopped.
5. Flagged: approved vs denied — the tuning signal.
6. Rule changes this month and their effect.
7. Next month: one rule change to make.
FAQ
How long does it take?
30 minutes a month once the log is the source.
Who reads it?
The budget owner and finance.
Related
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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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