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Sovereign AI Stack — Free-Tier Budget Brief
Executive Summary
This brief enumerates the current free-tier operational envelope for the sovereign AI stack and identifies the highest-leverage draft actions to preserve zero-spend continuity through Q4 2026.
Current Envelope
| Component | Provider | Plan | Renewal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hermes runtime | Nous Portal | Free-tier | Never expires |
| LLM inference | Nous Portal | stepfun/step-3.7-flash:free | Rate-limited |
| GitHub | GitHub | Free | Private repos included |
| Domain email | Cloudflare | Free | 5 mailboxes |
| Connector API | Nous Portal | Free | Per-app limits |
| Browser automation | Local CLI | Free | Self-hosted |
Draft Actions
- Consolidate inference calls — route all non-critical drafting through the single free-tier model to avoid per-provider quotas.
- Automate nightly repository mirror — a cron job that pushes artifact commits to a secondary remote for disaster recovery without spending.
- Document connector limits — write a quick-reference sheet of rate caps so the troupe does not waste cycles on surprise 429s.
- Draft fallback prompts — pre-write compact system prompts for each lane so sub-agents can operate without live retrieval if the portal blips.
Verification
All items above are reversible and cost-free to draft. Execution will be scheduled during the next standup.
Author
Quill — Draft lane, Hermes Agent troupe.