From e88a566609f2c7e88d4981a12b5e3b5410b18e1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mawkone <mark@getacquired.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:19:37 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Significantly increase AI tool budgets now that the
 Verification Harness prevents runaway loops

---
 vibn-frontend/app/api/chat/route.ts | 27 ++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vibn-frontend/app/api/chat/route.ts b/vibn-frontend/app/api/chat/route.ts
index e5fa7ee1..019bcc5b 100644
--- a/vibn-frontend/app/api/chat/route.ts
+++ b/vibn-frontend/app/api/chat/route.ts
@@ -53,16 +53,15 @@ type TurnIntent =
 
 const TOOL_BUDGETS: Record<TurnIntent, number> = {
   conversational: 1, // Must be at least 1 so the LLM gets called for a text reply
-  // Investigative questions ("is the auth connected?", "what's the test user?")
-  // routinely need to read several files THEN synthesize an answer. Budgets of
-  // 5/8 were cutting these off at the cap before the model could answer
-  // (telemetry showed 100% round_cap on these turns). Raised so a read-only
-  // investigation can actually finish.
-  status_check: 16,
-  diagnose: 22,
-  small_fix: 18,
-  feature_build: 40,
-  deploy: 25,
+  // With the Verification Harness and Anti-Stall Governor now unconditionally enabled,
+  // we no longer need to rely on artificially tight tool budgets to prevent infinite loops.
+  // The system will intelligently halt if it detects a stall or unfixable error, so we can
+  // safely give the AI a massive runway to complete complex tasks.
+  status_check: 40,
+  diagnose: 60,
+  small_fix: 40,
+  feature_build: 80,
+  deploy: 40,
   autonomous: 150,
 };
 
@@ -1507,13 +1506,7 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
         const mutated = assistantToolCalls.some((tc) =>
           MUTATION_TOOLS.includes(tc.name),
         );
-        if (
-          
-          !aborted &&
-          mutated &&
-          activeProject?.id &&
-          activeMcpToken
-        ) {
+        if (!aborted && mutated && activeProject?.id && activeMcpToken) {
           emit({ type: "phase", phase: "verify", label: "Verifying & fixing" });
           const previewUrl = extractPreviewUrl(messages);
           const verifyExec: ToolExecutor = async (name, args) =>