A: Hi Harry,

Credits are only used when Metodic’s AI does work for you: designing a session in the Studio, or generating slides, worksheets, handouts, documents, method cards and images. A full session plan is about 2 credits, an AI-generated slide deck 2, a worksheet or handout 0.5.

Decks: editing, rearranging, presenting and exporting a deck you already have doesn’t use AI, so it costs nothing. Credits come in only when the AI writes for you, like building a deck from your session or rewriting a slide. When you log in to Metodic and choose "Live", you can upload a ppt or pdf of your own and add interactive elements. These do not charge credits.

You can also connect your own Anthropic, OpenAI or Google key on any tier. AI text then runs on your key instead of our credits. Image generation, exports and a flat 2 credits per new session stay on credits.

MCP works on the same account and the same credits as the app. Looking things up in Claude or ChatGPT is free: methods, session formats, your own sessions, your balance. Designing a session or generating materials there costs the same as in the app, and runs on your own key if you’ve connected one.

Marco