The included allowance
The included allowance is an amount of Agent's own model credits that a new organization may use. Your Agent server's operator sets it. It can be zero.
What it isLink to What it is
An organization that signed up on its own may spend an amount of Agent's own model credentials over its lifetime. It covers model calls and other platform work, such as web search, sandboxed commands and delegate rounds. The operator of your Agent server sets the amount. On a server that sets $0, you bring your own model account or plan from the start.
It is per email addressLink to It is per email address
Every organization that one email address creates shares the same allowance. A second organization does not get a new one.
Its statesLink to Its states
The AI access page and Budgets & Spend show:
- available: there is allowance left;
- not limited: your organization has no allowance limit;
- used up: nothing is left;
- unknown: Agent could not read it.
When it is used upLink to When it is used up
Only your own model accounts and plans serve. Agent says: "This organization has used its trial of the platform's model credentials. Connect a model account (Model accounts) to keep its workers running." Add a key on Model accounts, or use your Claude or ChatGPT plan through the runner.
Allowance and budgets are differentLink to Allowance and budgets are different
The allowance is a lifetime amount. Budgets are daily limits. Both apply. See Budgets and spend limits.
Checked against the product on 2026-10-05.
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