[skoskie]

I don't yet know how to give it money to spend. I could give it a small crypto wallet, but few places accept that as currency. I was thinking of using one of those virtual credit card services that lets me set limits and block certain merchants. I will treat it like an intern. If it can show responsibility and reliability with small amounts then I will slowly increase its spending limit over time (and depending on the nature of the tasks it's performing).

[kshitijm1708]

The virtual card approach is the right instinct but it breaks at scale. One card per agent with manual limits works for one agent doing one thing. It falls apart when you have 12 agents with different spend profiles running concurrently. The harder problem is concurrency. 10 agents can each pass a $100 limit check simultaneously before any one commits spend back. You budgeted $100 but spent $1000. Building SpendLatch to solve exactly this. Atomic budget reservation before execution so concurrent agents cannot collectively exceed a shared limit. Early access open: https://spend-safe-guard.lovable.app/

[adityasriram]

yeah, like the robinhood credit card has an option where you can set it to make just one purchase and then become inactive. that's an option. what kinda purchases would you be thinking of making - professional like paying for ads online, or personal like buying a pair of shoes or something?