> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.kampp.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Cortex credits

> Understand what uses a credit, where to track your balance and what happens when your allowance runs out.

Every suggestion Cortex generates uses **1 credit**. Credits come with your plan and renew
with each billing cycle.

## What uses a credit (and what doesn't)

| Action | Uses a credit? |
| - | - |
| Cortex generating a suggestion from an answer | **Yes — 1 credit** |
| Opening and reading the suggestion | No |
| Editing the suggested workout or diet | No |
| Approving and delivering | No |
| Discarding the suggestion | Doesn't give back the credit already used |

<Warning>
  The credit is spent on **generation**, not on delivery. A discarded suggestion has
  already used its credit. So it's worth turning the AI on only for the intake forms that
  really do turn into prescriptions.
</Warning>

## Where to track your balance

### In the sidebar

In the plan card, at the bottom of the menu, you get the **Credits** bar showing how much
you've used against your allowance. The color tells you where you stand: green is normal,
**amber is close to the limit** and **red means you've hit it or gone past it**.

### Inside Cortex

In the **Suggestions** tab, three cards at the top:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Current plan">
    How many generations are included in your cycle. When your contract rolls credits over,
    this also shows your open balance: how much is from this cycle, how much carried over
    and how much is complimentary — plus a notice of how many **expire in the next 30
    days**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Generations used">
    How many you've used, splitting what was **included** from what became **overage**, and
    how many are still processing.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Cycle projection">
    How many you're on track to finish the cycle with at your current pace. If that goes
    over your allowance, it shows how much is pending in reais; if not, it says **Within
    your current allowance**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  **Cycle projection** is the card that saves you from a surprise on the invoice. Look at it
  once a week, not on billing day.
</Tip>

## When the allowance runs out

It depends on what's agreed in your contract — the **Your Enterprise proposal** card, under
**Settings → Plan**, shows which case is yours:

* **Extra credits included** (e.g. *R\$ 2.50 each*) — generation carries on normally and the
  overage goes onto the cycle's invoice.
* **Extra credits not included** — generation **stops** when the allowance runs out. The
  athletes' answers are still saved; you write the prescription by hand or wait for the
  cycle to turn over.

## Quality: a card worth looking at

Still in the **Suggestions** tab, the **Suggestion quality** card shows how many you
approved **with no edits**, with **small edits**, with **large edits**, and your **average
review time**.

It's the best thermometer for your Coach DNA: a lot of "large edits" means your method is
described too vaguely. Go back to [Coach DNA](/en/cortex-coach-dna) and be more specific in
your rules.

<Note>
  There's no one-off credit purchase in the dashboard. Credits come through your plan or
  through your Enterprise proposal — see [Plan and subscription](/en/plan-subscription).
</Note>


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