Glossary

Governance

Budget governance

Per-agent limits on tool calls, tokens, time, or spend before a workflow can continue.

Definition

Budget governance constrains what an agent can consume during a run. It includes token budgets, tool-call limits, duration limits, model-cost controls, and escalation when usage exceeds agreed bands.

Why it matters

Autonomous workflows can create invisible costs unless spend and tool usage are controlled at runtime.

How HARNEXA uses it

HARNEXA includes budget checks inside the harness and reports cost, latency, and usage in CLEAR and AgentOps views.

FAQ

Questions this definition answers.

Is budget governance only a finance concern?

No. It is also a reliability and risk concern because runaway usage can indicate loops, poor retrieval, or weak task boundaries.

Where is budget governance visible?

It appears in run telemetry, CLEAR cost and efficiency dimensions, and AgentOps usage guardrails.

Related terms

EvaluationCLEAR frameworkHARNEXA's evaluation scorecard for Cost, Latency, Efficiency, Accuracy, and Reliability.ArchitectureHarnexaHarnessHARNEXA's governed execution loop for every agent tool call.OperationsAgentOpsThe operating layer for deployed agents: identity, audit review, evaluation, cost, risk, and drift management.

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