Topic

Agent cost measurement

Recording tokens, tool calls, retries, human review time and outcomes per agent run in order to derive cost per completed task rather than cost per call.

Current clusters

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Gemini 3.6 Flash bills output tokens at five times the input rate

Google lists the new Flash model at $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output. The advertised saving of up to 65% depends on which steps an agent stops resending and which model gets them.

Publishers:dev.to

Reality

Evidence32
Adoption12
Hype gap+38
Incentives55
Confidence38