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loop-budget

Check token budget and run-log spend before and after a loop run. Enforces early exit when over budget or when there is no actionable work.

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# Loop Budget Guard

Run at the **start** and **end** of every loop iteration.

## Start of run

1. Read `loop-budget.md` for daily caps and kill-switch flags.
2. Read recent entries in `loop-run-log.md` (last 24h).
3. Sum `tokens_estimate` for the active pattern today.
4. If spend ≥ 80% of the pattern's daily cap → **report-only mode** (no sub-agents, no auto-fix).
5. If spend ≥ 90% and High Priority items remain in `STATE.md`, yield to the [budget-negotiator](../budget-negotiator/SKILL.md) skill (if installed). Otherwise, if spend ≥ 100% or `loop-pause-all` is set → **exit immediately** with a one-line note in STATE.md.
6. If watchlist/state has no actionable items → **exit in <5k tokens** (do not spawn sub-agents).

## End of run