Spend Control for Sales Development Agents
SDR agents research, enrich, and sequence — each step hits a paid API. At outbound scale, per-credit costs compound fast.
Where SDR agents spend
Contact enrichment APIs per lead.
Sequencing and deliverability tools per campaign.
LLM inference for research and personalization at scale.
The failure modes
A campaign loop re-enriching the same list multiplies credits.
An unknown data vendor charges per lookup with no approval.
Overnight runs burn the monthly enrichment budget before review.
Which rules to start with
Daily ceiling on enrichment spend.
Merchant allowlist for approved data vendors.
Approval threshold for new vendor spend.
Spend map
| SDR spend | Control |
|---|---|
| Enrichment APIs | Daily ceiling + allowlist |
| Sequencing tools | Category budget |
| Inference | Per-agent cap |
| New vendors | Approval threshold |
FAQ
Will this slow outbound velocity?
No — decisions take ~5 ms; the agent keeps its speed, the budget stays enforced.
Can marketing ops own the rules?
Yes — rules are managed via dashboard/API, so ops can adjust budgets without engineering.
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.
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