{"title":"Tool-Call Overspending: Logic Gate Enforcement","region":"Global","category":"Economics","description":"Preventing agents from calling expensive tools unnecessarily.","lastUpdated":"2026-02-23","steps":["Estimate the cost of a tool call before execution.","Require 'Confidence Scores' > 0.9 before triggering expensive APIs.","Implement a 'Human-in-the-loop' gate for costs over $0.10.","Cache tool outputs for identical input parameters for 24 hours.","Use smaller, cheaper models to pre-process tool requirements."],"url":"https://checklist.day/tool-call-overspending-logic-gate-enforcement"}