api.usage.spike
OpenAI API usage spike
OpenAI API usage increased unusually and may create unexpected project costs.
highfinancial
- Route
- cost_guardian
- Urgency
- same_hour
- Confidence
- 96%
{
"ncp_version": "0.1",
"type": "trigger",
"id": "trg_openai_cost_spike_2026_05_23",
"source": {
"system": "openai",
"event_type": "api.usage.spike"
},
"timestamp": "2026-05-23T18:42:00Z",
"domain": "cost_management",
"subject": "OpenAI API usage spike",
"summary": "OpenAI API usage increased unusually and may create unexpected project costs.",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": 0.96,
"sensitivity": "financial",
"personal_relevance": 0.94,
"evidence": [
{
"label": "daily_cost",
"value": 49,
"unit": "USD",
"detail": "Daily usage exceeded normal baseline."
},
{
"label": "projected_monthly_cost",
"value": 1470,
"unit": "USD",
"detail": "Projected if usage continues at same rate."
}
],
"context_refs": [
{
"type": "mcp",
"ref": "mcp://openai/usage/2026-05-23",
"description": "OpenAI usage details",
"sensitivity": "financial"
}
],
"recommended_route": {
"agent": "cost_guardian",
"project": "poclab",
"domain": "finance.ops"
},
"action_contract": {
"allowed_without_approval": [
"summarize_usage",
"identify_likely_source",
"draft_fix"
],
"requires_approval": [
"disable_function",
"rotate_api_key",
"change_billing_limit"
],
"forbidden": [
"delete_project"
]
},
"delivery_policy": {
"urgency": "same_hour",
"channels": [
"app",
"push"
],
"quiet_hours_respected": false
},
"tags": [
"api",
"cost",
"billing",
"anomaly"
]
}