CyclesA budget authority for autonomous execution

Docs, guides, and architecture articles for bounded execution in agentic systems.

Concepts

Understand why rate limits fail for agents, what Cycles actually solves, and how teams evolve from dashboards to budget authority.

Protocol Reference

Reserve-commit lifecycle, authentication, scope derivation, units, caps, overage policies, TTL, decide, dry run, events, debt, balances, metrics, and error handling.

How-To Guides

Python, TypeScript, and Spring AI integration, tenant budgets, shadow mode rollout, reservation strategies, and degradation paths.

Incident Patterns

Real failure modes — runaway agents, tool loops, retries, and budget overruns.