Observe / Control / Charge
Three enforcement modes that let you start safe and tighten as confidence grows.
Every SatGate deployment progresses through three modes. You control the pace. Most teams spend 1-2 weeks in Observe before switching to Control.
👁 Observe
Log every request. Block nothing. See the true cost of your agent traffic.
- • Real-time MCP Monitor shows sessions, tool calls, costs
- • Shadow Report computes what budgets would have caught
- • Zero impact on agents — they don't know SatGate is there
- • Free tier
Use case: "We just deployed 50 AI agents. What are they actually doing?"
🎚 Control
Set budgets. Get alerts. Optionally block when budgets run out.
- • Per-agent credit budgets via token delegation
- • Per-tool cost attribution via cost profiles
- • Alert mode: warn on budget exhaustion, agent continues
- • Enforce mode: HTTP 402 on budget exhaustion, agent stops
Use case: "Engineering gets 10,000 credits/month. No agent should exceed 1,000."
⚡ Charge
Monetize your APIs and tools. Agents pay per request.
- • L402 — Lightning Network micropayments (pay-per-call)
- • Fiat402 — Enterprise credit/billing system
- • Settlement reports for chargebacks and reconciliation
Use case: "We expose a proprietary data API. External agents pay $0.01 per call."
How to progress
Ready to start? Follow the setup guides in order:
These playbooks live in the authenticated cloud dashboard. If you aren't signed in yet, SatGate will send you through login and preserve the destination.
- Observe Mode Playbook — Start here. Monitor agent traffic with zero enforcement.
- Control Mode Playbook — Enable budget enforcement and delegation controls.
- L402 Monetization Playbook — Monetize your APIs with Lightning micropayments.
For detailed configuration options, see the Enforcement Modes guide.