[Idea]: Governance for tool-heavy agent skills (@mvanhorn — /last30days use case)

[nagasatish007]

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Hey @mvanhorn — congrats on /last30days hitting #1 trending and 36k stars. Incredible execution.

Since you contributed the early Claude and CrewAI quickstart examples here (PRs #21, #24, #25), wanted to loop you in on where TealTiger is heading and get your take on a use case.

Context: TealTiger v1.4 is adding zero-config observe() mode + framework adapters (LangChain, CrewAI, Vercel AI SDK, AG2, etc.). The core idea is still the same: deterministic governance at the tool boundary, <5ms, no LLM in the governance path.

Where /last30days intersects: Your skill calls multiple paid APIs in parallel (ScrapeCreators, OpenRouter, Brave Search, YouTube) and surfaces real people's social media content. I've been thinking about what governance patterns would be useful for tool-heavy agent skills like yours:

1. Per-run cost budgets — a skill calling 6 APIs in parallel can rack up unexpected costs if a source is slow and retries. A governance hook could enforce "this run cannot exceed $X" across all source calls combined.

2. Source-level rate governance — "max 3 ScrapeCreators calls per topic" or "skip Perplexity if budget already >80% consumed."

3. PII detection in synthesis output — the tool surfaces real names, social handles, quotes from real people. In regulated contexts (HR research, compliance), you'd want a deterministic check before the synthesis enters a shared doc or Slack.

4. API key scope enforcement — ensuring the skill only uses keys for their intended purpose (X keys for X, not cross-source).

Not suggesting you need to add these — /last30days works great as-is. More curious whether you've seen users ask for this kind of per-run governance, and whether a TealTiger hook at the engine level would be useful or just overhead.

Also happy to contribute a cost-tracking hook PR to your repo if there's appetite for it — would be a clean way to show the integration pattern.

Either way, appreciate the early contributions that helped shape TealTiger. 🐯

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