# TheoB Live Provider Budget Ledger

## Status
Wave: 60G
Generated: 2026-08-27T02:54:09.963Z
Default mode: manual-only
Recurring polling enabled: false
Founder approval required for recurring polling: true

## Cost Doctrine
- Use TheoB internal agents first.
- Use outside providers only when needed.
- Outside providers must be free, no-key, free-tier, or explicitly founder-approved.
- Only visit free/public URLs.
- Never run 24-hour browsing loops by default.
- Never use paid APIs, credit-card APIs, or hidden-cost providers without approval.
- Every live call needs a receipt.
- Every recurring schedule needs a cap.
- Every provider needs a kill switch.
- Every external source needs source, timestamp, freshness, confidence, and limitations.

## Provider Caps
### Open-Meteo
- endpoint: /api/live/free-weather-probe
- provider kind: free-public-no-key-weather
- manual probe allowed: true
- recurring allowed now: false
- TheoB soft daily cap: 100
- TheoB soft hourly cap: 20
- TheoB soft minute cap: 2
- paid API: false
- API key required: false
- background polling allowed now: false

## Scheduler Tiers
- Manual: allowed · cadence: on founder request only · approval: already allowed for free/no-key provider
- Slow Watch: blocked until founder approval · cadence: every 3-6 hours · approval: required
- Hourly Watch: blocked until founder approval · cadence: hourly · approval: required
- Rapid Watch: blocked by default · cadence: every 5-15 minutes · approval: special approval only
- 24-Hour Continuous Browsing: not allowed · cadence: continuous · approval: do not enable

## Monitor Assignments
- Web / Live Provider · Free Weather Probe: manual-only · /api/live/free-weather-probe
- Telemetry Provider Health Gate: always-live internal monitor · /telemetry-provider-health-gate
- System Heartbeat Gate: always-live internal monitor · /system-heartbeat-gate

## Kill Switches
- allExternalProviders: off-by-default
- openMeteoRecurring: off
- arbitraryBrowsing: off
- paidProviders: off
- apiKeys: off

## Approval Switches
- allowOpenMeteoSlowWatch: false
- allowOpenMeteoHourlyWatch: false
- allowAnyPaidProvider: false
- allowArbitraryUrlBrowsing: false
- allowContinuousBrowsing: false

## Next
60H may bind a live weather tile and founder approval switch, but recurring polling remains off until explicitly approved.