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

# Credits

> Understand task-stage usage and read your balance.

Credits measure Ideatura usage. They are separate from context capacity and workspace storage; one message is not a fixed number of credits.

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  1\. Read the balance
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Open **Settings → General** and read each credit meter's label, used amount and allowance. Check any reset information shown for your account. **Workspace Storage** is a separate measure. See [Settings](/studio-reference/ui-settings#credits-and-storage).

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/ideatura/es2pEmCgfCrT5MoG/images/studio-tour/usage.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=es2pEmCgfCrT5MoG&q=85&s=2904168f72fcc0e3f3b746e38f908260" className="w-full h-auto mx-auto" alt="Example Settings usage display: 1 Monthly, Additional and Daily Credits; 2 Workspace Storage. Your values may differ." width="1449" height="523" data-path="images/studio-tour/usage.svg" />

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  2\. Separate task stages
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Measure planning, creating or adapting an automation, and running saved work separately. A saved code automation and an [AI Flow](/automation/ai-flows) can involve different AI work during execution. Do not assume every saved run is free.

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  3\. Include retries
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Model choice, effort, processed context and repeated attempts can affect usage. Check current charging terms for failed or canceled work; do not assume a refund or a fixed credit-to-question conversion. If other work shares the balance, its usage can affect your measurement.

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  4\. Measure a useful result
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Record usage before and after one bounded task, including corrections and review. Compare the accepted result, not only the first response. The [Models and credits reference](/ai/models-credits#automation-costs) gives a measurement sequence. If repeated attempts are not improving the result, use [Troubleshooting](/help/problems).


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