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# Apply Budget • AI Agent SDK

> apply_budget: Apply budget constraints to a list of skills.

# apply\_budget

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> This function is defined in the [**budget**](../modules/budget) module.

Apply budget constraints to a list of skills.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def apply_budget(skills: List[SkillMetadata], budget: SkillPromptBudget) -> tuple[List[SkillMetadata], bool]
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="skills" type="List[SkillMetadata]" required={true}>
  List of skill metadata to potentially include
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="budget" type="SkillPromptBudget" required={true}>
  Budget constraints to apply
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="tuple[List[SkillMetadata], bool]">
  Tuple of (filtered\_skills, was\_truncated)
</ResponseField>

## Used By

* [`generate_skills_xml`](../functions/generate_skills_xml)

## Source

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