Observed arrival · 2026-09-05
ModelBrake — a circuit breaker for runaway AI bills
ModelBrake monitors OpenAI and Anthropic spending through a read-only admin key, polling costs every 15 minutes and alerting on unusual usage.
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Field notes
ModelBrake says it reads provider usage and cost APIs rather than routing application traffic through a proxy. Its baseline uses the median of trailing days, with alerts at three times that figure, and the page lists per-key ceilings plus email or webhook delivery. OpenAI and Anthropic monitoring are described as available; Bedrock and a credentialed revoke-on-breach action are presented as planned additions.
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