How credits are spent
Each agent run is made up of steps, and each step costs credits: Thinking steps — every time the agent reasons about what to do next, it costs 1 credit. A typical run involves several of these. Tool calls — every time the agent takes an action (reading a calendar, sending a Slack message, searching the web, writing to a spreadsheet), it costs credits. Standard tool calls cost 1 credit each. Some tools cost more. Data-intensive tools that fetch or enrich detailed records cost additional credits to reflect the underlying cost of the data. For example, searching for people via People Finder costs 10 credits per result returned — because each result is a rich, verified contact record pulled from a live data source. Each connector’s page lists its credit costs.A practical example
An agent that runs once a day, checks your calendar, looks up each external attendee in your CRM, and sends you a Slack briefing might use roughly:- 3 thinking steps = 3 credits
- 1 calendar read = 1 credit
- 5 CRM lookups = 5 credits
- 1 Slack message = 1 credit