AI overview

Frostbyte's three AI features, their typical credit use, and when to reach for them.

Frostbyte has three AI features. They share one monthly credit pool, with no separate usage bill or surprise charges. Each action uses credits based on the model and the amount of text it processes. You see a typical cost before you run it, then your balance updates to the actual amount afterward.

For pool sizes, reset cadence, and Stripe details, see Billing & credits.

The three actions

Action Typical credit use When to use it
Frostbyte agent varies per message Chat with an in-app agent that reads your project and proposes areas, releases, tasks, and edits for you to approve.
Release notes generator ~2 credits Turn a completed release into shareable markdown notes.
Convert feedback to task ~1 credit Turn a Feedback Hub submission into clean, task-ready copy.

These are estimates, not fixed prices. A short job may use less; a larger prompt or response may use more. Output-heavy jobs and more capable models also use credits faster.

If a request fails before the model processes anything, it uses no credits. If the model produces a response but Frostbyte can't use it, the processed usage may still count because the AI work already happened.

What's NOT credit-gated

The following don't consume AI credits regardless of tier:

  • MCP server — every authenticated user with a bearer token gets full MCP access. No LLM is invoked on Frostbyte's side, MCP is plain database access.
  • Plugin — installing the Frostbyte plugin in Claude Code or Codex doesn't cost anything.
  • All non-AI features — Feedback Hub, GitHub integration, PDF export, CSV, etc.

AI credits gate actions that actually invoke an LLM in our infrastructure. Tools that only read or write your own database don't use inference and shouldn't cost.

Hitting the limit

Before starting an AI action, Frostbyte checks that the project owner's pool still has credits available. When the pool is exhausted, the action doesn't start and you see an upgrade prompt instead. Upgrading or waiting for the cycle reset both unblock you.

This applies even on Free. Free users can use every AI feature; they simply have a smaller pool. Ten credits is roughly enough for a handful of agent messages or a couple of release-notes drafts, although actual usage varies by job.

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