---
title: "Scaling Pools"
description: "More agents = more LLM calls = higher costs. Use cost budgets with pools:"
resource: https://www.aiagents.nexus/docs/manual/pools/scaling-pools
generated: { by: "process:nexus-agent-assets", at: 2026-09-07T09:13:03Z }
status: stable
---

# Scaling Pools

## Manual Scaling

```bash
naos pool scale workers --size 10
naos pool scale workers --size 3
```

## Auto-Scaling

```yaml
pools:
  workers:
    agent: researcher
    size: 3
    minSize: 1
    maxSize: 20
    autoScale:
      enabled: true
      scaleUpThreshold: 10
      scaleDownThreshold: 2
      cooldown: 60
```

## Cost Considerations

More agents = more LLM calls = higher costs. Use cost budgets with pools:

```yaml
cost:
  budgets:
    pool-workers:
      daily: 5000
```