Monthly prompt budget
Each AI action spends prompts from your plan’s monthly pool. When you hit the limit, new AI runs are blocked until the next period (limits may vary by plan or campaign).
AI prompt credits
Guide
How AI prompt credits work
Most editor AI actions count prompts per run. Check your remaining balance before running; use the cards below as a quick reference.
Limited time
For a limited time, the free plan includes 10 credits per month — try the AI features while this offer lasts.
(Premium plan: $3/month, 100 credits per month)
Free10/ mo
Premium$3/mo100/ mo
Script: new & continue
New script and Continue script: 1–4 prompts by the volume you pick in the modal (Short 1 through Extensive 4).
Script edits
Full-script bulk rewrite: 2 prompts per run. Inline edit for a selected range: 1 prompt.
Cut generation
Bulk cut generation from the script: one prompt per cut generated. Single cut from one script line: 1 prompt.
Cut AI refinement
Single-cut AI refine uses 1 prompt per run. Bulk cut refine charges by how many cuts the API returns (minimum 1 per successful run even if zero cuts are returned).
No charge & notes
Movie editor Focus mode is layout-only — no prompts used. For full-script rewrite and cut AI refine, Cancel on the preview still leaves credits consumed because the API already ran.
Please note
Timeouts and invalid responses still consume 1 prompt credit per request.
Overloading one instruction (e.g. selecting many text chips at once) increases timeout risk—keep scope and goals separate across multiple runs for more stable results.
Workflow tip
Recommended
You can generate a full script in one run, but it often works better to generate scene by scene with a tight prompt for each. Full-script generation commonly splits into about four or five scenes.
You can also copy the passage you need, point the AI at that slice, and build one scene at a time. On the free plan (limited time: 10 credits/month), that workflow stretches your credits further.
Exact numbers follow the app implementation (credit constants and APIs). See the consumption table on the AI features page for the full breakdown.
Usage Notes
Premium Plan Only
❌
AI features are not available to logged-out users or free plan users. Pressing AI buttons will show an upgrade modal.
✅
All AI features become available when you subscribe to the Premium plan.
Monthly Prompt Limit
📌
Up to 100 prompts per month. Resets monthly.
📌
Usage counts generated prompt credits. New script and continue script: 1–4 by volume (Short 1, Standard 2, Long 3, Extensive 4). Single cut generation, cut AI refine, and inline script edit: 1 each. Full-script bulk rewrite: 2 per run. **Bulk cut generation from script:** one credit per cut generated. **Bulk cut AI refine:** credits follow how many cuts the AI returns (min 1 on success even if zero returned; failures such as timeouts still cost 1 credit per request).
📌
Bulk generation consumes as many prompts as cuts generated (e.g., 10 cuts = 10 prompts).
⚠️
For cut AI refinement and full-script bulk rewrite, clicking Cancel on the Before/After preview still leaves credits consumed (1 and 2 prompts respectively) because the API already ran.
⚠️
For bulk cut AI refine, timeouts and invalid responses still consume 1 prompt credit per request.
Prompt Consumption by Feature
| Feature | Consumption |
|---|---|
| Generate scripts & stories with AI | 1–4 by volume: Short 1, Standard 2, Long 3, Extensive 4 |
| AI bulk rewrite of the full script | 2 |
Workflow tipRecommendedYou can generate a full script in one run, but it often works better to generate scene by scene with a tight prompt for each. Full-script generation commonly splits into about four or five scenes. You can also copy the passage you need, point the AI at that slice, and build one scene at a time. On the free plan (limited time: 10 credits/month), that workflow stretches your credits further. | |
| Refine any part of the script with AI | 1 |
| Bulk-generate cut prompts from the full script | Per generated cut |
| Fill gaps: generate individual cuts from script lines | 1 |
| Bulk AI refine of cut prompts | By cuts returned (min 1 on success even if zero; 1 credit per failed request; capped by monthly limit) |
| Individual AI refine of cut prompts | 1 |
| Continue your script with AI | 1–4 by volume: Short 1, Standard 2, Long 3, Extensive 4 |
Script volume guide: Short ~2000–3000 chars / ~5 cuts; Standard ~3000–4000 / 8–10; Long ~3500–4500 / 10–15; Extensive ~4000–5000 / 15–20. Source of truth: src/lib/aiCreditCosts.ts.
