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The maximum is fixed server-side.
Adding a call creates a new plan; it never silently widens an active session. The database locks cumulative spend and records the completed unit before exposing the next call.
Metered analyst sessions · bounded x402 research
Set the ceiling. Pay only for completed units.
A session freezes its subject, reviewed route, maximum calls, and worst-case USDC total. Every call shows one usage unit, its unit price, maximum, completed charge, and actual settlement scheme.
Honest payment language
Measured exact calls.
Botlings checks facilitator capabilities and installed client support. Today each completed report is a separately approved exact payment; no variable-charge, batch, deposit, or escrow claim is made.
Reading sessions
Hard boundary
Research can continue. Authority cannot.
Sessions read reviewed public sources only. They cannot connect an exchange, sign a token approval, revoke a permission, transfer, bridge, swap, or place a live trade.