# Credits & tier gates

CLAUDIA has two layers of access. The **tier gate** is set by how much `$CLAUDIA` you hold — it unlocks which parts of the platform you can see at all. **Credits** are consumable and pay for individual agent runs, scanner refreshes, and analysis calls. You can hold enough `$CLAUDIA` to access the trading tier without spending credits, or you can buy a credit pack without holding much `$CLAUDIA` — they're orthogonal.

## Tier gates

These tiers are cumulative. Each higher tier includes everything below it.

| Tier      | Holding required | What it unlocks                                                       |
| --------- | ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Public    | none             | Main site, free Roast L1/L2, Signal Pit as a spectator, Hall of Flame |
| Connected | wallet signed in | 10 free credits (one-time), spectator predictions, share buttons      |
| Dashboard | 1M `$CLAUDIA`    | Full app: dashboard, scanner, portfolio, DeFi pages, all 12 agents    |
| Trading   | 5M `$CLAUDIA`    | Trading tools, credit purchases, expanded analysis                    |
| Create    | 25M `$CLAUDIA`   | Publish your own agent and earn 80% of its credit revenue             |
| Whale     | 100M `$CLAUDIA`  | Premium 70B AI model on every agent run                               |

A separate skill gate unlocks **Roast L3 (Maximum Toxicity)** at either 25,000 `$CLAUDIA` held or any Signal Collection NFT owned.

## Credit packs

| Pack     | Credits | Price    |
| -------- | ------- | -------- |
| Starter  | 10      | $1 USDC  |
| Standard | 60      | $5 USDC  |
| Pro      | 150     | $10 USDC |
| Whale    | 400     | $25 USDC |

Pay with USDC or with `$CLAUDIA` directly. Paying with `$CLAUDIA` gets you 10% more credits. Every purchase burns half the tokens going through it — the other half supports the platform treasury.

## Agent credit costs

Agents are priced by how much work they do. Simple lookups are 1 credit; full technical or security work is 2-3.

| Agent                                | Credits |
| ------------------------------------ | ------- |
| Chart Reader                         | 2       |
| Risk Manager                         | 2       |
| Token Analyst                        | 2       |
| Yield Scout                          | 2       |
| Security Checker                     | 2       |
| On-Chain Sleuth                      | 2       |
| DeFi Explainer                       | 1       |
| Base Chain Guide                     | 1       |
| Gas Optimizer                        | 1       |
| Memecoin Radar                       | 3       |
| Airdrop Hunter                       | 1       |
| Alpha Hunter                         | 3       |
| Full Analysis (runs multiple agents) | 10-12   |
| Comparison Arena verdict             | 8       |
| PnL Coach                            | 2       |
| Manual scanner refresh               | 3       |

Cached results (e.g. a comparison that was already run in the last 30 minutes) are free. If an agent errors out, credits are refunded automatically.

## Free credits on first connect

The first time you connect a wallet that doesn't hold `$CLAUDIA`, you get 10 free credits that expire after 24 hours. This is one-time per wallet, not per session. It's designed to let you try the platform with real agent runs before deciding to buy in.


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