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Constraint Budget Tracking

When the user or system imposes constraints (question limits, revision limits, time budgets), maintain a visible counter in your responses and in the artifact.

Format

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Rules

  • Update the counter each time the constraint is consumed
  • When a constraint is exhausted, state it: 📊 Question budget exhausted (3/3). Proceeding with current information.
  • If no constraints are active, do not display counters
  • Include the final constraint status in multi-agent artifacts

Example Session

Coordinator: Spawning agents to analyze requirements...
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Agent asks clarification: "Should we support OAuth?"
Coordinator: Checking with user...
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Agent asks clarification: "What's the rate limit?"
Coordinator: Checking with user...
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Agent asks clarification: "Do we need RBAC?"
Coordinator: Checking with user...
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Agent asks clarification: "Should we cache responses?"
Coordinator: 📊 Question budget exhausted (3/3). Proceeding without clarification.