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Astro credits and usage

Astro credits pay for AI work that runs on Astro's own keys. One credit is one US dollar.

What uses credits

Credits are used when you pick Astro in the agent menu. Each reply from the Astro agent is charged at what the AI provider counted for it.

What uses no credits

  • Claude Code, Codex and Hermes Agent in the agent menu. They run on your own plan.
  • Editing by hand, captions, speech-to-text, reading on-screen text and export.

The daily limit

The Astro agent has a daily limit of 5 dollars for each person. It resets at midnight UTC.

When you reach it, Astro tells you how much was spent and stops the Astro agent for the day. Your own Claude Code, Codex or Hermes keep working.

When credits run out

The Astro agent stops before it starts a reply it cannot pay for. You see a message that says so. Nothing is charged for a reply that did not run.

Credits are not on sale yet. To carry on, pick your own agent in the agent menu: Claude Code, Codex or Hermes run on the plan you already have.

Seeing what you used

Open Settings, then Usage. The page lists what the Astro agent spent and what is left.

Work done by an outside agent through a token is counted under your account too, so you can see what each agent did. See Connect Claude Code.

Keeping the cost down

Astro sends the assistant only the tools a request needs. A request such as add captions sends about one seventh of what a full toolset would, which makes each reply cheaper and faster.

You can help:

  • Ask for one thing at a time when you can.
  • Start a new chat for a new job. A long chat costs more with every message.
  • Use your own Claude or ChatGPT plan for long sessions.

Generating an image, a video or a voice with a paid model costs more than a chat reply. Before a job above the cost limit starts, Astro shows what it will cost and waits for you to approve it.