> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Startup plan

> Share credits across a Startup workspace, add more as the owner, and get going again when the credits run out or the plan ends.

Startup This page applies only to workspaces on the Startup plan. For prices, see [embedder.com/pricing](https://embedder.com/pricing).

A Startup workspace is a team on the Startup plan. Commands and other pages say team: `/team` switches between workspaces, including your personal one.

## Shared credits

A Startup workspace has one pool of credits that every seat draws on. The month's included credits refill on the renewal date. Credits the owner adds carry over until they're spent.

In VS Code, a credits meter appears beside the context meter once half of the credits are used. Hover over it to see what's left, what the month includes, purchased credits, the refill date, and whether auto-reload is on. The owner can select the meter to add credits. The terminal UI has no meter.

From 80% used, the owner sees a notice once a month, unless auto-reload is already on. In VS Code, it offers **Add credits** and **Set up auto-reload**. In the terminal UI, it's a banner with what's left and the refill date.

Auto-reload buys a set amount of credits whenever the pool drops below a threshold, up to a monthly limit. **Set up auto-reload** opens the web app, where the owner chooses the amount and the limit.

## When the credits run out

When the pool is empty, VS Code shows a prompt in place of the chat input, and the terminal UI shows a banner above the input. Both say when the credits refill.

| You are | In VS Code | In the terminal UI |
| - | - | - |
| The owner | Choose an **Add** amount, check the card it's charged to, and confirm with **Pay**. Run `/credits` to open the same prompt at any time. | Run `/credits` to open the add-credits page in your browser. |
| A member | Choose **Ask *owner* for credits**. Embedder emails the owner once, and the choice then reads **Asked *owner*** with the time. | Run `/ask-owner`. |

If the workspace used credits past zero, that amount comes off what the owner adds.

If **Use fast model** is offered in VS Code, choose it to keep working. In the terminal UI, the banner says when `/model` can switch you to the fast model. Switching to your personal workspace doesn't help, because your seat draws on the same shared credits there.

When credits arrive, the hold lifts on its own, and Embedder says the workspace has shared credits again. If the owner added them from the VS Code prompt, the stopped reply continues in that chat. Anywhere else, send `continue` to pick up the stopped reply.

## When a renewal payment fails

If the workspace's renewal payment doesn't go through, new work in that workspace waits until it's paid.

* **Owner:** choose **Update card**, then **Try again**. In the terminal UI, run `/credits` to open the same choices.
* **Member:** the owner needs to update the card.

Either way, you can keep working in your personal workspace: choose **Switch to your personal workspace** in VS Code, or run `/team` in the terminal UI.

## When the plan ends

A workspace whose Startup plan has ended is read-only. Its conversations stay open to read, and new work waits until the plan restarts. Before a plan that's set to end closes, the owner sees a notice once.

* **Owner:** choose **Restart Startup**, which opens the web app.
* **Member:** choose **Ask *owner* to restart**, or run `/ask-owner` in the terminal UI. Embedder emails the owner once.
* **Anyone:** choose **Switch to your personal workspace**, or run `/team` in the terminal UI, to keep working.

## Commands

| Command | Who sees it | What it does |
| - | - | - |
| `/credits` | The workspace owner | Add credits to the shared pool. |
| `/ask-owner` | Workspace members | Ask the owner for more credits, or to restart an ended plan. |


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