{
  "billing_concept": {
    "id": "bil_prepaid_credits",
    "name": "Prepaid credits on the Anthropic Console",
    "category": "prepaid_credits",
    "description": "API usage on the Anthropic Console is typically funded by prepaid credits — an organization adds credits to its account balance, and API usage is deducted from that balance as requests are made.",
    "how_it_works": "When the credit balance is exhausted, further API requests are blocked until more credits are added (or, if configured, an auto-reload mechanism tops up the balance automatically once it falls below a threshold).",
    "source_note": "General billing mechanism description for a prepaid-credit model; no specific credit-package dollar amounts are stated, since this session did not perform a live pricing search to confirm current figures.",
    "created_at": "2026-07-02 08:30:40",
    "cite_as": "https://subagentcredits.com/api/billing-concepts/bil_prepaid_credits"
  }
}