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AI Limits
How much you can use the assistant each day.
The assistant has two limits: how many messages you send in a minute, and what your AI use costs over a rolling 24 hours.
Messages per minute
You can send up to 30 messages a minute. Past that, the chat shows Rate limit or daily spend cap hit. Try again in a bit. Wait a moment and send again.
Above 10 messages a minute, replies that only read and explain may come from a lighter model.
Daily spend
Trenchers adds up what your AI use costs, in US dollars, over the last 24 hours. Chat messages count, and so do AI Insights briefings on a bot's dashboard and questions from apps connected through the Agent API.
| 24-hour spend | What happens |
|---|---|
| Under $2 | The assistant works as normal. |
| $2 or more (the Daily cap) | Replies that only read and explain may come from a lighter model. Chats that can change your bots stay on the main model. |
| $25 or more | The assistant stops answering, with the same message as above, until your 24-hour spend falls below $25. |
The window rolls: each message's cost drops out 24 hours after you sent it, so you never wait for midnight.
See your usage
Open trenchers.ai/settings. Once you have a bot, the AI assistant section shows:
- Spent today: what you used in the last 24 hours.
- Daily cap: $2.00, the point where lighter replies can begin.
- Remaining: the cap minus what you used. It goes below zero once you pass the cap, and you can keep chatting.