Lesson 4 of 8 · AI Agents That Plan, Act, and Finish Tasks
In this lesson. Hard caps in code.
What you will learn
- Max calls
- Max spend
- Caps in code
Walkthrough
You will set max calls and max spend. Prompts that say “be careful” are not caps. Caps are how plan-and-execute stays safe.
Work through the ideas in order. After each point, pause and connect it to a task you already do — a document, a workflow, or a feature you own. The goal of AI Agents That Plan, Act, and Finish Tasks is usable skill, not a pile of notes.
If something is unclear, rewrite it in your own words before you continue. Teaching the step back to yourself is the fastest way to see gaps.
Practice
Write the numeric caps for a prototype of your job.
Keep the first attempt small. A finished example you can reuse beats a perfect plan you never run.
Check your understanding
- Can you explain the goal of this lesson in one sentence to a teammate?
- Where would you apply “Max calls” in your own work this week?
- What would you change on a second pass of the practice?
Next. Continue to the following lesson when the practice has a real artifact, even a rough one.