ARMARA Course 04

Course 04 / Module 06

See who delegated what to whom, and what it actually costs

Read bounded quota evidence, learn the tree and cost contracts, and withhold a multiplier until genuine delegated tokens exist.

Level
Intermediate
Time
16 minutes
Commands
3
Finish
An honest non-result

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The written lesson is complete now.

Require nonzero evidence for a ratio

The current trace inventory is empty. A token multiplier is not calculated from missing or zero delegated work.

Use PowerShell.
01

Read the two trace contracts

Run in your terminal
armaraos orchestration tree <TRACE_ID>
armaraos orchestration cost <TRACE_ID>
Real tree and cost help, each requiring a trace UUID
Fresh live help / no genuine trace ID exists
02

Refuse a fake identifier

A trace ID must come from the inventory. A placeholder in lesson syntax is not an executable value.

03

Read the quota evidence that exists

Run in your terminal
armaraos orchestration quota <AGENT_UUID> --json
Real quota JSON with three allowed subagents, depth two, zero children, and zero used tokens
Fresh live output / allowed versus active / 24 August 2026

Three and two are ceilings. Zero children, subtree height zero, and zero tokens describe what actually happened.

04

Use the multiplier only with real inputs

delegating trace tokens / equivalent single-agent message tokens

Both totals must be nonzero and come from equivalent tasks. No ratio is available from this run.

05

Read tokens before dollars

A free model can show zero dollars while consuming tokens. Here both values are zero, which means no delegated execution was recorded.

06

Connect depth to risk

Each added depth level permits more fan-out. Read the tree and token rollup before scheduling a future delegating mission.

07

Keep provider billing as the hard ceiling

Tree and cost are after-the-fact records. A paid provider's billing limit remains the enforcing ceiling.

Check it / distinguish permission from use

Read four quota values.

Identify max subagents, active subagents, max depth, and used tokens. Explain why no multiplier is calculable.

Safety note

Do not schedule a delegating mission until a small unscheduled run produces a readable tree and cost rollup.

Troubleshooting for this sitting
What you seeLikely causeWhat to do
Tree needs a trace IDNo trace row exists.Do not invent one.
Cost cannot calculateNo trace was recorded.Preserve zero evidence and diagnose.
Quota allows 3 but active is 0Nothing spawned.Read it as allowed versus used.
Dollars are 0.0Free model or no work.Read tokens and events first.

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Watch it live, and the budget field that reads 0.0

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