Give the Agent a Budget, Not a Token — Sachin Malhotra, Anthropic

Sachin Malhotra's talk outlines a critical framework for safely deploying autonomous agents in production, moving beyond simple token-based access. He introduces 'asymmetric verbs,' refilling 'rate limits,' 'trip wires' for aggregate monitoring, and the 'undo test' as a lens. A central tenet is that infrastructure (via a proxy) must stamp an agent's identity, preventing agents from circumventing controls and ensuring accountability, thus providing a "budget" instead of an unbounded "token."