diff --git a/src/agent.ts b/src/agent.ts
index 86b03f6..f68f6d8 100644
--- a/src/agent.ts
+++ b/src/agent.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   SEARCH_PROVIDER,
   STEP_SLEEP,
   modelConfigs,
-  DEFAULT_BUDGET_SPLIT_RATIO
+  DEFAULT_BUDGET_SPLIT_RATIO, MAX_RECURSION_DEPTH
 } from "./config";
 import {TokenTracker} from "./utils/token-tracker";
 import {ActionTracker} from "./utils/action-tracker";
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ export async function getResponse(question: string, tokenBudget: number = 1_000_
     console.log(`| Recursion ${recursionLevel} | Step ${totalStep} | Token Budget ${tokenBudget} | Budget Used: ${budgetPercentage}% | Q: ${currentQuestion} |`);
 
     // update all urls with buildURLMap
+    allowReflect = allowReflect && (recursionLevel < MAX_RECURSION_DEPTH);
     allowRead = allowRead && (Object.keys(allURLs).length > 0);
     allowSearch = allowSearch && (Object.keys(allURLs).length < 20);  // disable search when too many urls already
 
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 56e558d..e71909d 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export const modelConfigs: ToolConfigs = {
 
 export const STEP_SLEEP = 1000;
 export const DEFAULT_BUDGET_SPLIT_RATIO = 0.3; // Each sub-question gets 30% of parent's budget
-
+export const MAX_RECURSION_DEPTH = 3;
 
 if (!GEMINI_API_KEY) throw new Error("GEMINI_API_KEY not found");
 if (!JINA_API_KEY) throw new Error("JINA_API_KEY not found");