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Inference latency budget planner

Allocate latency across retrieval, model inference, tools, guardrails, and streaming UI.

Fast answerA latency budget that says what can be synchronous, streamed, deferred, or moved to background jobs.

Inputs

What to collect

User wait limit	The response time a user accepts for chat, search, support, coding, or batch work.
Tool count	Retrieval, browser, database, code, payment, or workflow calls in the path.
Retry policy	How many retries are allowed before fallback or partial answer.

Method

How to use it

1	Set the user-visible wait budget first.
2	Reserve time for network, retrieval, model, tools, guardrails, and rendering.
3	Stream early only when the first tokens are useful and not misleading.

Output

How to read the result

Interactive	Under 3 seconds to first value	Use streaming, smaller models, and fewer tools.
Assisted work	3-15 seconds	Acceptable for code review, analysis, or high-value research.
Batch work	Async	Move long agents, reports, and multi-step workflows out of the critical path.

Thresholds

Useful vs risky

Healthy	The first useful output appears before the user thinks the app froze.
Risky	The product promises chat speed while running multi-tool agents synchronously.

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