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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions api-reference/openapi/accounts.json
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},
"/api/credits/sessions": {
"post": {
"description": "Top up credits on the authenticated account.\n\n**One credit equals one US cent (\\$0.01).** The customer is charged `credits` plus a Stripe processing fee (US card pricing: 2.9% + \\$0.30) \u2014 e.g. `credits: 10000` charges \\$103.30 total (\\$100.00 credits + \\$3.30 fee).\n\n**Two outcomes, distinguished by response shape:**\n\n- **Auto-charged** \u2014 if the account has a card on file (from a prior subscription or top-up), the card is charged immediately and the response is `{ paymentIntentId, creditsPurchased, totalCents }`. Credits land in the account's balance asynchronously via Stripe webhook (typically within seconds). No human interaction required.\n\n- **Checkout required** \u2014 if no card is on file, or the saved card requires 3-D Secure authentication, the response is `{ id, url }` with a hosted Stripe Checkout URL. Redirect to that URL; credits land on successful payment.\n\nClients should discriminate on the presence of `url` (Checkout) vs `paymentIntentId` (auto-charged). Cards entered through the Checkout fallback are saved for future top-ups, so a customer's second top-up typically auto-charges.",
"description": "Top up credits on the authenticated account.\n\n**Credits are integer micro-dollars (1,000,000 = \\$1.00, the same 6-decimal unit as USDC).** The customer is charged the USD value of `credits` plus a Stripe processing fee (US card pricing: 2.9% + \\$0.30) \u2014 e.g. `credits: 100000000` charges \\$103.30 total (\\$100.00 credits + \\$3.30 fee).\n\n**Two outcomes, distinguished by response shape:**\n\n- **Auto-charged** \u2014 if the account has a card on file (from a prior subscription or top-up), the card is charged immediately and the response is `{ paymentIntentId, creditsPurchased, totalCents }`. Credits land in the account's balance asynchronously via Stripe webhook (typically within seconds). No human interaction required.\n\n- **Checkout required** \u2014 if no card is on file, or the saved card requires 3-D Secure authentication, the response is `{ id, url }` with a hosted Stripe Checkout URL. Redirect to that URL; credits land on successful payment.\n\nClients should discriminate on the presence of `url` (Checkout) vs `paymentIntentId` (auto-charged). Cards entered through the Checkout fallback are saved for future top-ups, so a customer's second top-up typically auto-charges.",

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the fee total in the example.

If the stated 2.9% + $0.30 fee is the intended rule, $100.00 of credits produces a $3.20 fee and a $103.20 total, not $103.30. Update the example so the documented formula and total agree.

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In `@api-reference/openapi/accounts.json` at line 1100, Update the top-up
description for the example using credits: 100000000 so the 2.9% + $0.30 fee is
documented as $3.20 and the total charge as $103.20, keeping the surrounding
payment-flow details unchanged.

"security": [
{
"apiKeyAuth": []
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"credits": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"description": "The number of credits to purchase. One credit equals one US cent (\\$0.01), so the value of the credits in USD is `credits / 100`. Example: `250` is \\$2.50 worth of credits (the customer is also charged a Stripe processing fee on top).",
"description": "The number of credits to purchase, in integer micro-dollars (1,000,000 = \\$1.00), so the value in USD is `credits / 1000000`. Example: `2500000` is \\$2.50 worth of credits (the customer is also charged a Stripe processing fee on top).",
"example": 250
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Complete the micro-dollar documentation update across all public credit contracts. The new unit conflicts with remaining cent-scale descriptions and examples.

  • api-reference/openapi/accounts.json#L4646-L4647: change the credits and creditsPurchased examples to micro-dollar values, and clarify the separate totalCents unit.
  • credits.mdx#L26-L26: update the remaining 1 credit = 1 US cent text, legacy credits_deducted_cents descriptions, and stale social 402 example before claiming that every credit field uses micro-dollars.
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correct legacy credits_deducted_cents descriptions, and replace the stale social
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"accountId": {
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| **Research** ([`/api/research/*`](/api-reference/research/search)) | Yes | Each successful call deducts credits. Costs vary by endpoint and parameters (e.g. [`enrich`](/api-reference/research/enrich) charges by processor tier; [`extract`](/api-reference/research/extract) charges by URL count). |
| **Content generation** ([`/api/image/generate`](/api-reference/image/generation)) | Yes | Image generation is priced per call. |
| **AI Chat — streaming** ([`POST /api/chat`](/api-reference/chat/workflow)) | Yes | Variable cost based on model token usage, with a per-request minimum. |
| **Social scrape** ([`/api/socials/{id}/scrape`](/api-reference/social/scrape), [`/api/artist/socials/scrape`](/api-reference/artist/socials-scrape)) | Yes | 5 credits, plus 1 credit per post requested via `posts` — per social profile scraped. |
| **Social scrape** ([`/api/socials/{id}/scrape`](/api-reference/social/scrape), [`/api/artist/socials/scrape`](/api-reference/artist/socials-scrape)) | Yes | \$0.05, plus \$0.01 per post requested via `posts` — per social profile scraped. |
| **Everything else** | Free at the API layer | [Artist CRUD](/api-reference/artists/list), [sandboxes](/api-reference/sandboxes/list), [sessions](/api-reference/sessions/get), [scheduled tasks](/api-reference/tasks/get), [account/org management](/api-reference/accounts/id), [agent signup](/api-reference/agents/signup), [Spotify proxies](/api-reference/spotify/search), etc. Subscription gating may still apply. |

Failed calls (4xx / 5xx) do **not** deduct credits. Deduction happens only after the upstream call succeeds.

---

## What a credit is worth

**Balances and prices are US dollars.** The ledger stores amounts as integer micro-dollars, the same 6-decimal unit as USDC: `1,000,000 = $1.00`, so it can carry sub-cent charges (a \$0.002/s provider rate prices exactly). Every credit field the API returns is that integer; divide by 1,000,000 to display it as currency. Example: [`GET /api/accounts/{id}/credits`](/api-reference/accounts/credits-get).

---

## Check your balance

```bash
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```json
{
"account_id": "acc_…",
"remaining_credits": 9244,
"total_credits": 9999,
"used_credits": 755,
"remaining_credits": 92440000,
"total_credits": 99990000,
"used_credits": 7550000,
"is_pro": true,
"timestamp": "2026-04-24T17:50:43.475"
}
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Recoup has two tiers. Both refill on a monthly cycle.

| Tier | How you get it | Monthly credits |
| Tier | How you get it | Monthly allowance |
|------|---------------|----------------|
| **Free** | Default for every new account | Monthly allowance refills automatically |
| **Pro** | Stripe subscription via the chat dashboard | Substantially higher monthly allowance |
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curl -sS -X POST https://api.recoupable.dev/api/credits/sessions \
-H "x-api-key: $RECOUP_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"credits": 100, "successUrl": "https://chat.recoupable.dev/credits/success"}'
-d '{"credits": 1000000, "successUrl": "https://chat.recoupable.dev/credits/success"}'
```

Full request/response schema at [Create Credits Top-Up Session](/api-reference/credits/sessions-create).
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```json
{
"error": "insufficient_credits",
"remaining_credits": 12,
"required_credits": 100,
"remaining_credits": 120000,
"required_credits": 1000000,
"billingUrl": "https://app.recoupable.dev"
}
```
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| Endpoint | Cost |
|----------|------|
| [`POST /api/chat`](/api-reference/chat/workflow) (streaming) | ≥1 credit per turn — variable based on model token usage |
| [`GET /api/research/*`](/api-reference/research/search) (artist & non-artist research) | 5 credits per call |
| [`POST /api/research/people`](/api-reference/research/people) | 5 credits per call |
| [`POST /api/research/web`](/api-reference/research/web) | 1 credit per call |
| [`POST /api/research/extract`](/api-reference/research/extract) | 5 credits × number of URLs |
| [`POST /api/research/enrich`](/api-reference/research/enrich) | 5 / 10 / 25 credits (base / core / ultra processor) |
| [`POST /api/research/deep`](/api-reference/research/deep) | 25 credits per call |
| [`POST /api/chat`](/api-reference/chat/workflow) (streaming) | Variable, priced from the model's token usage; see `required_credits` on a 402 |
| [`GET /api/research/*`](/api-reference/research/search) (artist & non-artist research) | \$0.05 per call |
| [`POST /api/research/people`](/api-reference/research/people) | \$0.05 per call |
| [`POST /api/research/web`](/api-reference/research/web) | \$0.01 per call |
| [`POST /api/research/extract`](/api-reference/research/extract) | \$0.05 × number of URLs |
| [`POST /api/research/enrich`](/api-reference/research/enrich) | \$0.05 / \$0.10 / \$0.25 (base / core / ultra processor) |
| [`POST /api/research/deep`](/api-reference/research/deep) | \$0.25 per call |
| [`POST /api/image/generate`](/api-reference/image/generation) | Per-call price; see endpoint reference |