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title: "Discussion on \"Prompts don't enforce budgets. Signatures do.\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Prompts don't enforce budgets. Signatures do.\". A spending limit that lives in a prompt is text. Enforcement has to live somewhere the model cannot talk its way past.\n\nA spending limit written in a prompt is not a control. It is a piece of text, si"
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# [Prompts don't enforce budgets. Signatures do.](https://payloadhq.hashnode.dev/prompts-don-t-enforce-budgets-signatures-do?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A spending limit that lives in a prompt is text. Enforcement has to live somewhere the model cannot talk its way past. A spending limit written in a prompt is not a control. It is a piece of text, si

Oct 13 · 6 min read · payloadhq.hashnode.dev  
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