Shadow Report
See what enforcement would have caught — without actually blocking anything.
What is the Shadow Report?
The Shadow Report shows you what would have happened if enforcement were enabled. It's your risk dashboard — the data that makes the case for budgets before you flip the switch.
Even in Observe mode (no enforcement), SatGate computes tool costs and tracks budget consumption. The Shadow Report visualizes this data so you can see which agents are expensive, which tools cost the most, and where budgets would have been exhausted.
What you'll see
- Total spend — credits consumed across all agents for the selected time range
- Top agents by spend — which tokens are consuming the most credits
- Top tools by cost — which MCP tools account for the most spending
- Budget exhaustion events — moments where an agent would have been blocked in Control mode
- Spend over time — trend chart showing credit consumption
How to use it
- Start in Observe. Connect agents, let them run for a few days.
- Review the Shadow Report. Go to Shadow Report. Look at total spend and top agents.
- Set budgets based on reality. If Agent A spent 500 credits last week, a 1,000-credit monthly budget gives 2x headroom.
- Switch to Control. The Shadow Report gave you the data. Now enforce it.
Pro tip: The Shadow Report is read-only analytics. To change enforcement modes or set budgets, go to MCP Cost Profile. One source of truth for configuration, one source of truth for reporting.
Time ranges
The Shadow Report supports multiple time ranges: Last 24 hours, Last 7 days, Last 30 days, and custom date ranges. Data is aggregated from the MCP event stream.