// GLOSSARY -- AGENTIC FINANCE
What is Agent Cost Attribution?
The practice of tracing every unit of spend — API calls, tool invocations, token usage, payments — back to the specific agent, task, or workflow that incurred it, enabling granular financial accountability.
WHY IT MATTERS
When 50 agents share an API key, who's responsible for the $10,000 bill? Cost attribution traces every expense to its source — which agent, which task, which tool call generated the cost.
Without attribution, organisations can't optimise spend, identify runaway agents, or charge back costs to the right team.
HOW POLICYLAYER USES THIS
Intercept's audit trail logs every tool call with agent identity, timestamp, and outcome — providing the data foundation for cost attribution.