Mission Fuel
Mission Fuel is the credit system that gates, reserves, and logs consumption of AI and premium operations so growth work stays margin-positive.
Also known as: credits · usage-credits
Why it matters
Unmetered AI burns margin and trains users to spam requests. Mission Fuel makes cost visible: teams see what each brief, draft, and analyst session costs, forecast runway, and prioritize high-impact work before credits run dry.
How it works
Plans grant monthly credits that expire at period end; purchased packs never expire. Before a costly job, the system checks your balance and reserves credits. Success charges the job; failure releases the reservation. Usage Intelligence surfaces breakdowns, forecasts, and low-balance alerts.
Common mistakes
- Burning credits on repeated full-site questions instead of targeted tasks.
- Letting monthly grants expire without using them on queued opportunities.
- Ignoring low-credit warnings until generation fails mid-workflow.
- Assuming trial credits apply before the $1 charge confirms, they do not.
Best practices
- Check the sidebar credit widget before large content batches.
- Use deterministic pipelines where AI is optional. Content Operations composes without it.
- Buy packs before product launches or content sprints if monthly grants are tight.
- Review usage breakdown monthly to spot expensive habits.
Learn Domains perspective
Generating ten full drafts in an afternoon burns through your monthly credits fast. Mission Fuel shows what each brief, draft, and analyst session costs so you pick high-impact work first, refresh the money page before running another broad site audit question.
FAQ
- Do monthly plan credits roll over?
- No, Monthly grants expire at period end. Purchased packs never expire.
- When do trial credits appear?
- After the $1 trial charge confirms via Stripe webhook, not at signup alone.
- What happens if I run out mid-generation?
- The job fails before work starts if reservation cannot be made; in-flight failures release reserved credits.
Next steps
- 1Open Account → Credits to see balance and forecast.
- 2Identify your top three credit-consuming actions last month.
- 3Set a team norm: one analyst question → one executed brief item.
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content-operations · ai-growth-analyst · digital-asset-intelligence