Sell API access via Nevermined credit packs so AI agents can pre-purchase usage credits and consume them on a pay-as-you-go basis
domain: nevermined.ai · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Create a Credit Plan in the Nevermined console specifying credit pack sizes (e.g. 100, 1000, 10000 credits), price per pack in USD or USDC, and the credit cost assigned to each API endpoint or tool call in your service
Implement the Nevermined checkout flow on your developer portal: direct agents or their principals to the Nevermined-hosted or API-driven checkout to purchase a credit pack; on successful payment, Nevermined mints credits to the buyer's Nevermined account
In your API handler, call the Nevermined credits verification endpoint before each billable operation; pass the agent's access token and the credit cost for the operation — Nevermined atomically deducts credits and returns a success or insufficient-credits error
Expose a credits balance endpoint in your developer portal so principals can monitor consumption and refill before credits run out; optionally configure Nevermined auto-refill rules that trigger a new credit pack purchase when balance drops below a threshold
Use the Nevermined analytics API to track per-agent credit consumption over time; use this data to optimize credit pack pricing and identify agents with unusually high or low usage
Known gotchas
Credit minting and deduction happen in Nevermined's system; if your service records a successful API call but Nevermined's deduction failed due to a transient error, you may have delivered value without charging — implement reconciliation by comparing your API call logs against Nevermined transaction records at least daily
Nevermined credits are non-transferable between plans; if you restructure your pricing plans, existing purchased credits under an old plan may not apply to operations priced under the new plan — communicate plan changes to developers well in advance and provide a migration window
Auto-refill rules execute a new payment from the agent's saved payment method; ensure the principal has explicitly consented to auto-refill charges, as triggering an unexpected charge on a depleted card can cause declines and agent downtime
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