Your free-tier AI image generation endpoint is being used to generate 50,000 images per day by one account. Your "send email" endpoint is being used as a spam relay. Your "convert PDF" API is a free conversion service for strangers. Public endpoints need abuse controls.
Design production-grade AI agents with tool calling, agent loops, parallel execution, human-in-the-loop checkpoints, state persistence, and error recovery.
Implement per-user token budgets, tiered model access, request queuing, cost attribution, real-time dashboards, and anomaly detection to prevent AI bill shock.