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# litellm-budget-track Plugin

Design document for the `litellm-budget-track` AuthBridge inbound pipeline plugin.
Design document for the `litellm-budget-track` AuthBridge pipeline plugin.

**Issue:** https://github.com/rossoctl/rossoctl/issues/2177

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When running AI agents through Cortex (local budget proxy), each agent needs
a spending cap. LiteLLM returns the cost of each completion in the
`x-litellm-response-cost` response header. This plugin reads that header in the
AuthBridge inbound pipeline, tracks cumulative daily spend in a JSON ledger file,
and blocks further requests once the budget is exhausted.
AuthBridge pipeline that carries the LLM traffic (see [Pipeline placement](#pipeline-placement)),
tracks cumulative daily spend in a JSON ledger file, and blocks further requests
once the budget is exhausted.

## Architecture

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max_budget: 5.00
```

### Pipeline placement

The plugin is direction-agnostic — place it in whichever pipeline carries the LLM
traffic: **`inbound`** when fronting the LLM endpoint (a reverse proxy the LLM requests
arrive at, as shown above), **`outbound`** when hosting the agent via
`rossoctl authbridge exec -- <agent>`, whose forward proxy runs the outbound pipeline on
the agent's own egress to LiteLLM. In an `authbridge exec` setup nothing reaches the
inbound pipeline, so a plugin left under `inbound:` there records `$0` — use `outbound:`.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Describe the zero-traffic outcome accurately.

When authbridge exec uses the outbound pipeline, the inbound plugin does not process a response or write a ledger entry. An existing ledger can retain a previous non-zero total_spend, and a missing ledger remains missing. Replace “records $0” with “records no traffic and does not update the ledger”.

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-`inbound:` there records `$0` — use `outbound:`.
+`inbound:` there records no traffic and does not update the ledger — use `outbound:`.
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inbound pipeline, so a plugin left under `inbound:` there records `$0` — use `outbound:`.
inbound pipeline, so a plugin left under `inbound:` there records no traffic and does not update the ledger — use `outbound:`.
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In `@authbridge/docs/litellm-budgettrack-plugin.md` at line 102, Update the
documentation wording near the outbound pipeline example to state that an
inbound plugin records no traffic and does not update the ledger, replacing the
inaccurate “records $0” claim. Preserve the distinction between an existing
ledger retaining its prior total and a missing ledger remaining missing.

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| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `spend_file` | string | yes | Path to the JSON ledger file (created if missing) |
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