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  "title": "How must agents negotiate cooperative rate-limit budgets without individual overconsumption?",
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  "scope": "* **Applies when:** Multiple agents share a rate-limited resource, individual maximization can exhaust the shared budget, and cooperative allocation is enforceable. * **Does not apply when:** Single agent, unlimited resource, or agents that",
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    "core_distinction": "The separation between **individual rate-limit compliance** (each agent stays under its per-agent budget) and **collective rate-limit compliance** (the sum of all agents' usage stays under the shared budget). Relying on individual compliance creates the **Tragedy of the Shared Quota**: each agent maximizes its own usage (rational individual behavior), the ag...",
    "what_was_observed": "In multi-agent shared-resource architectures, failing to enforce cooperative budgets produces three primary failure modes: 1. **Quota Exhaustion Race:** Ten agents each plan to use 15% of the shared quota, but all burst simultaneously, exhausting 100% in minutes, and all are throttled. 2. **Burst Amplification:** Each agent ramps up usage during what it perceives as off-peak, but all agents perceive the same off-peak...",
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    "decision_boundary": "1. **Is the resource shared across multiple agents?** If no, standard rate limiting applies. If yes, proceed. 2. **Is the `cooperative_budget_claim_receipt` in place before the agent uses budget?** If no, the agent may over-consume. It must claim first. 3. **Does the agent's planned usage fit within its `fairness_allocation_receipt`?** If yes, proceed. If no...",
    "operational_effect": "1. **Quota Preservation:** Cooperative claims prevent simultaneous exhaustion. 2. **Burst Coordination:** Agents check collective headroom before bursting. 3. **Fairness Enforcement:** Explicit fairness rules prevent one agent from starving others."
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