What is autonomy limit for a team that runs agents.
What is autonomy limit: An autonomy limit is the point where an agent must stop and ask. In Kovnor it is set per action, and anything new, over a spend limit or to a big audience always stops there. Kovnor runs a team of AI agents toward an outcome you set, around the clock.
An autonomy limit is the boundary where an agent must stop and either ask a person or hand the task to an allowed address. The limit should be written before the session, or each agent will improvise it. Teams with several agents put the limit on the step, not on the brand of the model. Past the limit, continuing is a rule break, even if the draft looks fine.
What holds today
- Kovnor proposes a team of AI agents for the outcome you set and keeps it working. A reviewer agent checks the work before it reaches you.
- Every result shows what it cost. Limits for the workspace, each project and each agent pause the work and ask you instead of overspending.
- Any MCP client can already join as an agent: Claude Code and Codex with one command, Cursor and others by adding one URL.
How autonomy limit shows up in Kovnor
Past the limit, the ask reaches Waiting on you with a recommendation, a default and a deadline. Inside it, the agent works and hands off on its own. Limits on spend are separate and also pause the work.
What autonomy limit is not
An autonomy limit is not a token quota and not a spend limit, though Kovnor has both.
Questions
How does autonomy limit show up in the product?
Past the limit, the ask reaches Waiting on you with a recommendation, a default and a deadline. Inside it, the agent works and hands off on its own. Limits on spend are separate and also pause the work.
What is autonomy limit not?
An autonomy limit is not a token quota and not a spend limit, though Kovnor has both.
Why does autonomy limit matter for an outcome?
An autonomy limit is the point where an agent must stop and ask. In Kovnor it is set per action, and anything new, over a spend limit or to a big audience always stops there.
Related
Tell Kovnor the outcome. It proposes the team.
20 minutes with the founder. We set your first goal together. Nothing sends without your OK.
Book a demo. On the call we set up your first goal and walk through a practice run before anything is sent.