Usage
What uses your allowance
Work Lyric performs on your behalf consumes action minutes; conversation does not. Some work also consumes compute or storage. Viewing pages, changing settings and Lyric's own learning do not consume any allowance.
By activity
| Activity on LyricOS | Allowance consumed | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Asking Lyric a question in chat | None, unless work results | The conversation does not consume action minutes. Work that results from it, such as generating a document, writing code, researching, a task, a goal or a workflow, consumes action minutes under its own category |
| Creating a task or assigning one to Lyric | Action minutes; one concurrent task while it is performed | Every period during which Lyric performs the task |
| Setting a goal for Lyric to pursue | Action minutes | Each task Lyric performs toward the goal |
| Running a workflow or scheduled job | Action minutes; one concurrent task while it is performed | Each run |
| Starting work through the API or a webhook | Action minutes; one concurrent task while it is performed | The work started |
| Initiating a self-reflection | Action minutes | The duration of the self-reflection |
| Lyric observing your connected applications at the Observe level | Action minutes at 0.25 | The time Lyric spends observing |
| Lyric acting in a connected application, such as sending an email, scheduling a meeting or filing a ticket | Action minutes | Included in the work to which the action belongs |
| Lyric running code, a build, a test or a data processing job | Action minutes and compute | Action minutes for the duration of the work; compute for the processor time the programs use |
| Lyric creating files while performing work, such as reports, downloads or code | Core compute storage | The size of the files that remain in your workspace |
| Uploading a file to a project | Project storage | The full size of the file, from the moment the upload begins |
| Retrying work after a failure | Action minutes | Each attempt |
Activity that does not consume any allowance
- Viewing any page, including Home, Activity, Context, Patterns, Capabilities, Schedule, People and Projects.
- Changing settings, autonomy levels, action boundaries or permissions.
- Connecting or disconnecting a connector.
- Adding your own calendar entries, commitments, notes or relationships.
- Conversation.
- Device reports and location updates.
- Time before Lyric begins work, and time during which it awaits your approval.
- Lyric's daily self-reflection, learning and maintenance.
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Last updated October 28, 2026