Ink

Ink is the one prepaid balance every AI and agent action spends — the published flat rate per action, how the monthly grant works, and how to top up.

Ink is the one currency for AI work. One Ink is roughly one generation, and every AI-assisted action spends a published, flat amount — no token math, no per-model surprises. Your plan grants Ink each cycle into a single balance shared by every brand the account runs.

The rate card

ActionWhat it isInk
generateGenerate a post from a prompt1
adaptAdapt a story for one more platform1
autopilot_runOne autopilot run4
inbox_replyDraft one inbox reply1
insightOne analytics insight1
x_publishPublish one post to X3
x_publish_linkPublish one post to X whose text contains a link40

Top-ups come in packs of 500 Ink for $8, added to the same balance the monthly grant funds.

Adapting one story across three platforms costs three Ink: the price is per unit of work, so a bigger fan-out costs proportionally more and nothing hides. This table is the only price source — every charge is priced from it, so nothing bills you an amount you cannot look up.

The grant

The monthly grant lands at the start of each billing cycle and does not roll over. Annual plans receive the whole year’s Ink up front instead of monthly instalments.

You can see the balance, the grant, and every debit in the dashboard’s wallet, or read it over the API with billingInk — the same numbers an agent should check before starting expensive work.

Running out

An action that cannot be paid for is refused before it runs, with a message saying what to do — top up or upgrade. Nothing is half-done and nothing is silently downgraded to a cheaper model. Scheduling and publishing do not spend Ink, so an empty balance never blocks a ship that is already written.

Topping up

Top-ups are packs added to the same balance the grant funds; buy them in the dashboard’s wallet, or start a checkout from an agent with the billing_topup tool (reference). A human completes the payment in the browser — an agent can ask for a top-up but never charges a card by itself.