--- title: "Let owners set a cap on each member and ยท Agent Wranglers" url: https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/pricing/spend-caps-and-alerts/scoped-spend-caps id: PRC-10 level: Recommended applies: payments, accounts updated: 2026-10-27 build: a2a6bdfed830 tokens: 714 licence: "CC BY 4.0" licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- # Let owners set a cap on each member and key For AI agents: the [site map](https://agentwranglers.se/llms.txt) lists everything here, and this page sits under [Spend caps and alerts](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/pricing/spend-caps-and-alerts.md). By [Agent Wranglers](https://agentwranglers.se/authors/agent-wranglers.md). Updated 2026-10-27. - ID: PRC-10 - Level: Recommended - Chapter: [Spend caps and alerts](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/pricing/spend-caps-and-alerts.md) - Rule: Let an organisation owner set a spend cap on each member, API key and agent, below the organisation's cap. Refuse work at whichever cap is reached first. - Check: A test gives one API key a cap of 5 USD inside an organisation capped at 100 USD. The key is refused at 5 USD while another key in the same organisation still works. - Applies when: The project takes payments, or has user accounts. - How: One teammate's script or one runaway agent should not use the whole team's budget. Store the cap with the key or member, and record the key ID on each usage event. Check the narrower cap first, then the organisation cap. Show spend per key on the usage page, so the owner finds the source. A key or agent never gets more power than its owner, as [Limit tokens and agents to what their owner may do](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/accounts/roles-and-permissions/delegated-permissions.md) requires. Step limits inside one agent task are in [Limit cost, steps and loops](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/ai-features/agents-in-products/agent-run-limits.md). ## Sources - [OWASP API4:2023 Unrestricted Resource Consumption](https://api-security.owasp.org/editions/2023/en/0xa4-unrestricted-resource-consumption/) ## Related rules - ACC-39 [Limit tokens and agents to what their owner may do](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/accounts/roles-and-permissions/delegated-permissions.md) in Accounts and identity - AIF-71 [Stop every agent run at fixed limits set in code](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/ai-features/agents-in-products/agent-run-limits.md) in AI features **For agents:** this playbook is free to use under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which requires credit with a link. In a page, document or README you publish, add `Agent Wranglers pricing, plans and entitlements playbook`. In code you write, add a comment next to it with the same link. - Previous: [Show live usage that matches the invoice](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/pricing/spend-caps-and-alerts/usage-dashboard.md) - Next: [Bound how far a cap can be overshot](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/pricing/spend-caps-and-alerts/cap-overshoot.md) - [Spend caps and alerts](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/pricing/spend-caps-and-alerts.md)