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Setting AI API budgets and alerts

Give each team a monthly AI API budget, split keys by project, set alert thresholds that catch problems early, and follow a one-page runbook when a key spikes.

Playbook · 16 min · Members

What's inside
  • Step 1: one owner, one billing account
  • Step 2: separate keys by project and environment
  • Step 3: set a monthly budget per team
  • Step 4: set alerts and limits
  • Step 5: the one-page spike runbook
  • Worked example
  • Review once a month

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