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Every message you send to the NLP layer - whether from Telegram or any future surface - has a small associated cost from the underlying language model. Shuriken covers this cost up to your daily limit, which scales with how much you trade.

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How your budget works

New users start on Tier 0 with a one-time $5 lifetime allowance. That’s enough to try the feature and see how it works. To unlock a renewable daily budget, you need to hit $1,000 in trading volume on Shuriken - which moves you to Tier 1. From Tier 1 onward, your budget resets every day at midnight UTC.
TierTrading Volume RequiredNLP BudgetReset
Tier 0 (default)None$5 lifetimeNever - one-time allowance
Tier 1$1,000+$1/dayDaily at midnight UTC
Tier 2$10,000+$5/dayDaily at midnight UTC
Tier 3$50,000+$25/dayDaily at midnight UTC
Tier 4$100,000+$50/dayDaily at midnight UTC
Tier 0 is a lifetime budget - once you’ve used your $5, you won’t be able to send more NLP messages until you reach $1,000 in trading volume. Trading volume is cumulative and calculated across all your wallets.

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Viewing your usage

Everything is visible by clicking AI Usage in the bottom-right corner of the Agent Keys page.
Shuriken AI usage panel showing tier, lifetime allowance, 30-day usage chart, and activity log

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What you can see

  • Tier and budget - your current tier, how much of your budget you’ve used, and how much trading volume you need to reach the next tier
  • All-time stats - total requests made, total tokens consumed, and total cost
  • 30-day usage chart - a bar chart showing your spend per day over the last month
  • Activity log - every recent request with the timestamp, which surface it came from (Terminal, Telegram, etc.), the action taken, cost, and status

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Staying within your budget

Each request costs a fraction of a cent in most cases - simple queries like checking a balance or fetching trending tokens are very cheap. More complex multi-step requests (e.g., “research this token and give me a full breakdown”) cost more because they involve more tool calls and a longer model response.
If you’re approaching your daily limit, stick to simple, direct questions. “What’s the price of BONK?” is much cheaper than “Give me a full analysis of BONK with alpha history, on-chain stats, and a trading recommendation.”

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Frequently asked questions

The bot will let you know you’ve hit your daily limit. You won’t be charged anything extra - requests simply won’t be processed until your budget resets at midnight UTC (or, for Tier 0 users, until you reach $1,000 in volume).
No. Unused budget does not accumulate. Each day starts fresh at your tier’s daily limit.
Volume is calculated from trades executed through Shuriken - including the terminal, Telegram bot, browser extension, and MCP agent. It’s cumulative and doesn’t reset.
Yes - your current tier, remaining daily budget, and volume progress toward the next tier are all shown on the /agents page in the terminal.