Cost & security control layer missing for LLM coding agents
Developers running AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Aider) lack a reliable way to cap API spend and intercept unsafe calls before they hit production LLM endpoints. Without a middleware proxy, agents in retry loops can rack up unexpected costs or exfiltrate sensitive context. The gap is between agent capability and enterprise-grade governance.
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