Not really a feature request but it seems unfair that as a user I have to pay for issues with deployment. These have been caused by changes made to the code by the Agent and now I am struggling to get it to deploy again and as far as I know this continues to charge me for checkpoints.
What do you mean deployment charges?
Not so much deployment charges but my understanding is that each checkpoint costs $0.25c - something broke my deployment and the assistant is trying to fix that but as part of this it creates checkpoints which I assume are costing me money. However, these issues were caused by the agent so (if I am indeed being charged) it feels a little unfair that I as a user are paying for the agent’s mistakes? Does that make sense?
Sorry to tell you this man, but this is the way it works right now. It’s new technology. No one is coming to save you from it. You either suck it up, or you abandon it.
Fact of the matter is, every single time you make a request with Agent, the context is basically full as it makes API calls to, in most cases, Anthropic. This is really expensive to do. You’re paying for that.
Wish I had better news. But, it’s doing exactly what it’s made to do. All we can do is get better at telling it (giving it our own context - context is everything), and protecting our codebase with git commits. Beyond that, everytime you ask Agent to go HAM on your code, you’re at risk, and it might cost ya. In fact, it will cost you.
Understood - do you find the agent or the assistant is better at fixing the deployment issues? With the assistant I don’t really get a chance or at least it’s beyond my knowledge to advise it but at the moment it feels like I’m stuck in a bit of a loop.
Okay I tried this and it worked - hope this help someone else and saves a few cents!
“can you stop and try a different approach this seems to be going around in circles?”
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It really depends on what the deployment issue is. I’m glad you got it figured out.
Don’t forget about rollbacks! Sometimes it feels like there are psychological factors at work where you’ve spent a couple bucks going down a rabbit hole. The “sunk cost” fallacy or whatever. I’ve been more willing recently to just roll back changes, and that has been helpful.