Token and Cost Budgets for Long-Running Agents
Cap steps, tokens, and daily spend so a long-running ops agent on a Linux VPS cannot loop itself into an unbounded model-API bill overnight.
AI Agents8 min read
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34 practical AI Agents articles from Netbay Engineering — written for operators running Linux and Windows VPS in India.
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Structured JSON Output That Agents Can Parse
Force models to emit JSON Schema, then validate locally before any tool runs, so a stray fence or trailing sentence never crashes your agent loop.
AI Agents8 min read
Code-Review Agent That Posts PR Comments
Run a review agent on pull request diffs that comments on systemd, firewall, and secret leaks instead of style nits, then posts one GitHub review.
AI Agents8 min read
Evaluate AI Agents With Traces, Not Vibes
Stop judging ops agents by one lucky demo. Score JSONL traces against golden tasks so regressions show up before they restart the wrong systemd unit.
AI Agents9 min read
Webhook-Triggered Agents from GitHub Events
Verify GitHub HMAC signatures, enqueue the JSON payload, and let a worker agent comment or label, so a webhook never blocks on a model API call.
AI Agents8 min read
Support Classifier Agent That Routes Tickets
Classify incoming support mail into billing, SSH, DNS, and abuse queues with extracted hostnames and a confidence gate that falls back to a human.
AI Agents8 min read
Agent Guardrails: Allowlists, Dry-Run, Approval
Ship ops-agent guardrails that actually hold: tool allowlists, default dry-run, and a human approval file before any write hits a Linux VPS.
AI Agents8 min read
Cron Agents: Scheduled LLM Jobs on Linux VPS
Schedule LLM work with systemd timers, lock files, and spend caps so nightly jobs finish, log, and fail loud instead of overlapping on your VPS.
AI Agents8 min read
Read-Only SQL Analyst Agent for Postgres
Give an agent a SELECT-only Postgres role and a table allowlist so it can explain slow queries and row counts without ever writing to production.
AI Agents8 min read
Agent Memory: Transcripts, Summaries, Vectors
Give an ops agent memory that fits a Linux VPS: keep transcripts, roll summaries, and use local SQLite vectors only when keyword search is not enough.
AI Agents9 min read
Why Browser-Use Agents Are Dangerous in Prod
A browser-use agent can click, type, and exfiltrate from any tab it can reach. Run it sandboxed, or do not run it at all on a production VPS.
AI Agents8 min read
Docs Q&A Agent Over a Markdown Tree on Disk
Index a runbook markdown tree on the VPS and answer ops questions with file-and-heading citations, refusing anything the docs do not actually say.
AI Agents8 min read