session: emit budget.session for --budget after the server limits rename

README.md

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ agent host delete beta            # remove a host and its stored token
 agent session start --config <id>     # start a session from a saved config
 agent session start --config-file f.json   # ...or from an inline config
 agent session start --template welcome-to-ellipsis   # ...or from a maintained template
-agent session start --config <id> --config-override "limits:\n  run: 5"  # override config fields for this session
+agent session start --config <id> --config-override "budget:\n  session: 5"  # override config fields for this session
 agent session start --config <id> --watch  # start and immediately stream it
 agent session list --limit 20         # list recent sessions (filter by --source, --author, --days, …)
 agent session search "webhook retries"   # search session history: transcripts, recaps, created PRs, similarity

skills/ellipsis/SKILL.md

@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ sandbox:
   repositories:
     - name: api
 
-limits:
-  run: 5.00
+budget:
+  session: 5.00
 ```
 
 ## Inside an Ellipsis sandbox

src/commands/session.tsx

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export function registerSession(program: Command): void {
     )
     .option(
       '-o, --config-override <yaml>',
-      'partial agent config (YAML/JSON) merged onto the chosen config for this session, e.g. "limits:\\n  run: 5"',
+      'partial agent config (YAML/JSON) merged onto the chosen config for this session, e.g. "budget:\\n  session: 5"',
     )
     .option(
       '--config-override-file <path>',
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export function registerSession(program: Command): void {
       '--rebuild',
       'skip the sandbox image cache: fresh full build (image layers, clones, image.setup), whose snapshot refreshes the cache',
     )
-    .option('--budget <usd>', 'per-run spend limit in USD for this session (limits.run)', toNumber)
+    .option('--budget <usd>', 'spend limit in USD for this session (budget.session)', toNumber)
     .option(
       '-p, --prompt <text>',
       "the session prompt, appended to the agent's initial user query (or pass it positionally)",
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ export function buildStartOverride(opts: {
   if (opts.repo && opts.repo.length) sandbox.repositories = opts.repo.map(parseRepo)
   if (Object.keys(sandbox).length) sugar.sandbox = sandbox
 
-  if (opts.budget !== undefined) sugar.limits = { run: opts.budget }
+  if (opts.budget !== undefined) sugar.budget = { session: opts.budget }
 
   const merged = deepMerge(base, sugar)
   return Object.keys(merged).length ? merged : undefined

test/session.test.ts

@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ describe('readConfigFile', () => {
   }
 
   it('parses a .yaml file', () => {
-    const path = write('cfg.yaml', 'name: demo\nlimits:\n  run: 5\n')
-    expect(readConfigFile(path)).toEqual({ name: 'demo', limits: { run: 5 } })
+    const path = write('cfg.yaml', 'name: demo\nbudget:\n  session: 5\n')
+    expect(readConfigFile(path)).toEqual({ name: 'demo', budget: { session: 5 } })
   })
 
   it('parses a .yml file', () => {
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ describe('readConfigFile', () => {
   })
 
   it('parses a .json file', () => {
-    const path = write('cfg.json', '{"name":"demo","limits":{"run":5}}')
-    expect(readConfigFile(path)).toEqual({ name: 'demo', limits: { run: 5 } })
+    const path = write('cfg.json', '{"name":"demo","budget":{"session":5}}')
+    expect(readConfigFile(path)).toEqual({ name: 'demo', budget: { session: 5 } })
   })
 
   it('falls back to YAML for unknown extensions (JSON is valid YAML)', () => {
@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ describe('applyConfigOverride', () => {
   })
 
   it('reads and parses a file override into the structured mapping', () => {
-    const path = write('override.yaml', 'limits:\n  run: 5\n')
+    const path = write('override.yaml', 'budget:\n  session: 5\n')
     const req: { config_override?: Record<string, unknown>; config_override_yaml?: string } = {}
     applyConfigOverride(req, { configOverrideFile: path })
-    expect(req).toEqual({ config_override: { limits: { run: 5 } } })
+    expect(req).toEqual({ config_override: { budget: { session: 5 } } })
   })
 
   it('rejects passing both inline and file forms', () => {
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ describe('buildStartOverride', () => {
         compute: { cpu: 2, memory: '8GB', timeout: '30m' },
         repositories: [{ owner: 'ellipsis-dev', name: 'ellipsis' }, { name: 'solo' }],
       },
-      limits: { run: 0.5 },
+      budget: { session: 0.5 },
     })
   })
 
@@ -231,9 +231,9 @@ describe('buildStartOverride', () => {
   })
 
   it('uses a file override as the base', () => {
-    const path = write('base.yaml', 'limits:\n  run: 1\n')
+    const path = write('base.yaml', 'budget:\n  session: 1\n')
     expect(buildStartOverride({ configOverrideFile: path, budget: 5 })).toEqual({
-      limits: { run: 5 },
+      budget: { session: 5 },
     })
   })