Automated Cohere API Spend Alerts
Every morning, WebRun opens the Cohere dashboard, reads yesterday's API spend and the month-to-date total against your budget, posts a short usage update to Telegram, and sends a Twilio text when month-to-date spend crosses 80 percent of your set budget cap, so an overage never shows up first on the invoice.
How do I catch Cohere API spend before it exceeds my budget?
Every morning, WebRun checks the Cohere dashboard for API spend and posts a daily usage update to Telegram naming the model driving the most cost. Once month-to-date spend crosses 80 percent of your set budget cap, it also sends a Twilio text, so an overage gets caught with time to react instead of showing up on the invoice.
- Budget overruns get caught with time to react, not on the invoice
- The cost driver behind spend is named every day
- Comfortable spend days stay quiet with no unnecessary text
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What does WebRun do on every run?
The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.
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WebRun signs in and gets to work
Opens
dashboard.cohere.comin a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys. -
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Cohere - check API usage and spend
cohere.com
WebRun opens Cohere to check API usage and spend. - Open the Cohere dashboard and read yesterday's API spend
- Check the month-to-date total against your set budget
- Note which model or endpoint drove the most spend
Done when Yesterday's spend and the month-to-date total are captured.
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Telegram - post the daily usage update
telegram.org
WebRun opens Telegram to post the daily usage update. - Post yesterday's spend and the month-to-date total to your Telegram chat
- Name the model or endpoint that drove the most spend
- Keep the post short and easy to skim
Done when Today's usage update is posted to Telegram.
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Twilio - text when nearing the budget cap
twilio.com
WebRun opens Twilio to text when nearing the budget cap. - Check whether month-to-date spend has crossed 80 percent of the budget cap
- Send a text through Twilio naming the current spend if it has
- Stay silent on days spend is comfortably under that line
Done when A text has gone out only on days spend crosses 80 percent of the cap.
How is each run configured?
Secure by default
Connect once, stays signed in
WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.
Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.
Questions, answered
Does it cap spend or disable API keys itself?
No. WebRun only reads usage and reports it. Setting a hard spend limit or disabling a key stays your decision inside Cohere.
At what point does it text me instead of just posting to Telegram?
Once month-to-date spend crosses 80 percent of the budget cap you set. Below that, the daily figure still posts to Telegram but no text goes out.
Does it tell me what is driving the spend?
Yes. Each update names the model or endpoint that accounted for the most spend that day, so an unexpected cost source is easy to trace.
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