Credits

Credits measure the agent’s work. Each time you send it a message, it thinks, reads your project, writes code, sometimes creates images: that work is counted in credits, based on what it actually did. During the private beta, Highwind is free: you get credits every day, with no credit card and no subscription.

What uses credits

Only one thing uses credits: a request to the agent. A request is a message sent in the chat, in Building mode as well as Discussion mode, including:

• messages sent by a button, such as Fix (preview error), Apply this plan, Send my answers (agent questions) or Organize the colors with the agent;
• images the agent generates while answering: their cost is added to the request’s.

A request has no fixed price: it depends on the agent’s actual work, to the nearest tenth of a credit (0.1 credit at least for a request that cost something).

Example request	Ballpark
A small tweak (“make the title green”)	Less than 1 credit
A complete new app	2 to 4 credits
The maximum for a single request	12 credits

What’s free

Design mode

Touching up copy, colors, fonts and spacing yourself, in Design mode or with Edit directly: free, without the agent.

The code

Editing and saving code in the Code tab, browsing Changes, downloading the code.

Templates

Starting from a gallery template is instant, no credits. You only pay for the changes you then ask the agent for.

Publishing and hosting

Publishing, updating, unpublishing: free. Your live apps use no credits, however many visitors they get.

Versions

Going back to a previous version, viewing it or restoring it costs nothing.

The rest of the editor

Uploading images to the project, adjusting the theme, managing project settings, secrets and connections.

Outside services

“Your own key” connectors (Resend, Stripe, OpenAI…) are billed by the service, on your account with them, never in Highwind credits. See Connectors.

What isn’t counted

• A request that fails (agent or service error) isn’t counted.
• A request you stop (Stop the agent button) is only counted if the agent had already changed files, for the work done so far. If no file changed, it costs nothing.

Your balance: daily, monthly and bonus

During the beta, each account gets:

	Amount during the beta	How it works
Daily credits	5 per day	Reset every night at midnight (UTC). Unused credits don’t roll over to the next day.
Monthly cap	30 per month at most	Once you’ve used 30 daily credits in the month, no more daily credits until the 1st of next month.
Bonus credits	Varies	Given by the Highwind team (to testers, for example). They never expire and are only used once your daily credits run out.

The exact amounts for your account are always the ones shown in Settings → Credits: they may change during the beta.

A request that goes over your balance

A request that has started goes all the way, even if it costs a bit more than you have left: the difference is counted against your daily (and monthly) credits. You only need at least 0.5 credit to send a message.

Where to follow your credits

• In the sidebar: the Credits meter shows today’s remaining credits (“3.4 of 5”), a gauge, the time of the next refill (“New credits at 01:00”, in your device’s time) and your bonus credits (“+ 2 bonus”). With the sidebar collapsed, only the number stays visible. The meter turns orange when you no longer have enough credits to send a message. Clicking it opens Settings → Credits.
• Below each agent answer: a small coin shows the credits used by that answer (for example “0.6 credits”).
• In Settings → Credits:
  • Today: the daily credits gauge and the refill time;
  • This month: what’s left of the monthly cap;
  • Bonus credits: your bonus balance;
  • Recent activity: each request (with the project’s name) and each bonus credit grant.

When you’re out of credits

When your balance drops below the minimum, the input box is blocked with a message saying when credits come back:

• “You’re out of credits for today: more arrive at 01:00.” (daily credits used up);
• “You’re out of credits this month: more arrive on Dec 1.” (monthly cap reached).

Meanwhile:

• your published apps stay online and keep working normally;
• you can keep going with everything that’s free: Design mode, code, versions, publishing.

Paid plans

You can’t buy credits yet. Paid plans (with more credits) will come after the beta; their content and prices will be announced in advance. Credits have no monetary value and are neither refundable nor transferable.

A request’s limits

• 12 credits at most per request. If a request reaches this limit, the agent stops cleanly: the work done so far is saved in a version, the request is counted as 12 credits, and the agent suggests splitting the rest into smaller steps.
• One request at a time per account. If the agent is already working on one of your projects, wait until it’s done before starting another, even in a different project.
• Exceptional pause. Under heavy load, Highwind may pause app building for a moment; a message lets you know (“Highwind is paused for a moment…”).

Spend fewer credits

• Make simple changes yourself: copy, a color, a font or spacing can be changed for free in Design mode.
• Start from a template: the template gallery gives you a complete app with no credits.
• Split big requests: several focused requests often cost less than one huge request, and you check each step in the preview.
• Be precise: a clear request avoids back-and-forth. See Writing good requests.
• Plan in Discussion mode for big changes: the agent proposes a plan, you adjust it, then click Apply this plan.

See also

Account settingsProfile, credits, preferences and account.

Design modeTouch up without the agent, without credits.

Writing good requestsGet the right result the first time.

FAQAnswers to the most common questions.