# Budget card

> A token limit for a whole workspace that pauses its agents when crossed.

Source: https://docs.neurosquad.ai/en/cards/budget

A **budget card** shows how many tokens all the agents in this workspace have used, broken down by
agent, against a limit you set.

- **Set limit** — pick a token limit (250K, 1M, 5M, 20M or your own). The ring turns amber — **Near limit** — as you get close.
- **When the limit is crossed**, the workspace is paused: every agent is interrupted (not closed —
its conversation is kept), and automatic prompts — the queue, daily prompts, tasks from a board, messages from other agents — stop.
- **Typing yourself still works** — the budget only stops the automatic stuff.
- **To continue**, press **Resume** — the agents get about another tenth of the limit, then pause again —
or **Raise limit** above what's already spent.

Token counts come from the same place as [Usage & costs](https://docs.neurosquad.ai/en/usage), so every agent whose usage NeuroSquad
can read is counted.

**Good for:** leaving a squad running overnight without a surprise bill.