Open product module
Security and credits
Guards that make expensive actions, identity, quota, and credit accounting predictable.
Why it exists
A thinking tool must be safe to try. Security checks happen before expensive provider work, while credits make the cost of that work visible.
Inputs and outputs
Inputs
- Anonymous or authenticated identity
- Quota and abuse signals
- The requested action and its credit cost
Outputs
- Allow, challenge, or deny before execution
- An idempotent spend or refund record
- A safe explanation when access is unavailable
Visual flow
- Resolve the subject
- Check request and quota bounds
- Challenge or deny risky access
- Spend before expensive execution
- Refund on a failed provider call
Practical example
Situation
A burst of anonymous requests targets a generation endpoint.
Result
The request is bounded and challenged or denied before model execution; a legitimate request sees its credit cost before spending.
Limitations
- Credits are an access unit, not money or a transferable asset.
- A guard does not guarantee provider availability.
- Public documentation never includes secrets or dashboard values.
Open and closed boundary
Open here
The conceptual boundary between identity, quota, credits, and provider execution is public.
Kept private
Secrets, abuse thresholds, raw audit data, and provider credentials remain operationally private.