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Overview

Different tools in Jinba Flow consume varying amounts of credits depending on their computational requirements and API costs. You can reduce or eliminate credit costs for certain tools by providing your own API keys.

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Credit Cost Structure

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1 Credit Per Use

These tools consume 1 credit each time they are executed:
  • EXAAI_SEARCH - AI-powered search using Exa (can use your own API key)
  • PERPLEXITY_SEARCH - Search using Perplexity AI (can use your own API key)
  • ARXIV_INVOKE_AGENT - Access research papers from arXiv (always requires credits)
  • YOUTUBE_GET_TRANSCRIPT - Extract transcripts from YouTube videos (always requires credits)
  • PYTHON_SANDBOX_RUN - Execute Python code in a secure sandbox (always requires credits)
  • FIRECRAWL_SCRAPE - Scrape web content using Firecrawl (can use your own API key)

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2 Credits Per Use

These tools consume 2 credits each time they are executed:
  • GEMINI_INVOKE - Use Google’s Gemini AI model (can use your own API key)
  • GEMINI_INVOKE_WITH_IMAGE - Use Gemini with image inputs (can use your own API key)
  • ANTHROPIC_INVOKE - Use Anthropic’s Claude models (can use your own API key)
  • GROK_CHAT - Chat with xAI’s Grok model (can use your own API key)
  • OPENAI_INVOKE - Use OpenAI’s GPT models (always requires credits)
  • LLAMA_CLOUD_PARSE - Parse documents with LlamaCloud (can use your own API key)

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4 Credits Per Use

These tools consume 4 credits each time they are executed:
  • OPENAI_DEEP_RESEARCH - Perform comprehensive research with OpenAI (always requires credits)

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10 Credits Per Use

These tools consume 10 credits each time they are executed:
  • OPENAI_SORA2 - Generate videos using Sora 2 (can use your own API key)

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Bring Your Own API Key

For tools that support it, you can provide your own API keys to avoid paying credits:
When a tool supports “bring your own API key,” you can configure your own credentials to bypass credit charges. Tools marked with “always requires credits” will consume credits regardless of configuration.

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How to Configure Your API Keys

  1. Navigate to the Credentials section in your workspace settings
  2. Select the appropriate service (e.g., Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini)
  3. Enter your API key
  4. Save your configuration
Once configured, the system will use your API key instead of consuming credits when you use those tools.

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Tools That Always Require Credits

Some tools always require credits because they use Jinba’s infrastructure or specialized services:
  • ARXIV_INVOKE_AGENT
  • YOUTUBE_GET_TRANSCRIPT
  • PYTHON_SANDBOX_RUN
  • OPENAI_INVOKE
  • OPENAI_DEEP_RESEARCH
These tools cannot use external API keys and will always deduct from your credit balance.
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