Credits & cost transparency
What the sparkle means, which actions cost, and how your balance works.
Some actions ask an AI model to do work, and those spend credits. We want you to know which ones before you click, so every credit-spending action carries the same small marker.
The sparkle
A sparkle next to a button or control means that action spends credits. Its presence is a reliable signal — if there is no sparkle, the action does not cost credits. Hover the sparkle for a short note on what it spends.
What costs credits
- Each turn of the project setup interview, and each ideation or coaching turn.
- Building a voice profile from your interview.
- Generating, coaching, and re-evaluating an outline.
- Running a Quick review or a Full editorial pass on a document.
- Research gap analysis and research sessions.
Plain editing, formatting, saving your work, and the deterministic grammar and spelling checks never spend credits.
Your balance
Your current balance shows in the top of the app next to your account. Credits are reserved before an action runs and only confirmed when it succeeds — if something fails, or an interview ends early, the credits it did not use are returned. You can review usage and top up from Billing.