Make one agent audit the others for wasted spend

After agents burned $200 of credits chatting, an auditor agent lists every agent and what it costs.

In short

What it does: After agents burned $200 of credits chatting, an auditor agent lists every agent and what it costs.

Agent: Claude · Category: Agent setup & config

Steps in brief:

  1. Give one agent the auditor job. In Claude Code the author pastes a prompt that starts “You’re my agent auditor. List every…”.
  2. List every running agent, what it does and what it costs.
  3. Flag agents that talk to each other without producing anything; the author lost $200 of credits this way.

Who made it: Davidd Tech (X post, 11 Oct 2026) · source

Last updated · based on 336 use cases on agentsetups, each credited to its author.

by Davidd Tech11 Oct 2026

Prompt for your agent

Goal: Act as my agent auditor and find agents that waste money.
Setup: agents used in source: Claude.
Steps:
1. Give one agent the auditor job. In Claude Code the author pastes a prompt that starts “You’re my agent auditor. List every…”.
2. List every running agent, what it does and what it costs.
3. Flag agents that talk to each other without producing anything; the author lost $200 of credits this way.
Rules: ask me before anything irreversible (sending, posting, paying, deleting); don’t invent data, results or tools I haven’t given you; tell me what you couldn’t verify.
Based on: Davidd Tech — https://x.com/DaviddDotTech/status/2109201220766253205 (summarised from source; the source has no explicit step list)

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