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Mana uses weekly AI credits for metered features, including reader reactions, character chat, Discord bot activity, and Play Narration. Credits reset every Tuesday at 10:00 UTC for all users. The reset does not depend on your subscription billing date.

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Credits by plan

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What uses credits

These features use credits:
  • Chat with a character
  • Reader reactions
  • Connected Discord bot replies
  • Discord active-mode evaluation
  • Play Narration generation
Project Intelligence is free and does not count against your AI credits.

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How credit cost is calculated

AI requests have different provider costs. Mana converts that usage into credits and rounds credits to one decimal place. Internally, 1 credit equals $0.01. The app presents credits so you do not need to reason about tiny per-request dollar amounts.

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What happens at the limit

Mana checks your credit balance before starting an AI action. If you are already over the limit, the action is blocked and Mana shows a usage limit dialog. The request that pushed you over the limit can still complete.

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Track usage

Open Settings and go to Usage to see:
  • Credits used this week
  • Total weekly credits
  • Reset date
  • Week-by-week usage history, including each feature’s credit cost
On-demand billing beyond included credits is not available yet.