FACTORY RECEIPTS · ACCOUNT SNAPSHOT 2026-09-03 · NEXT REVIEW 2026-09-18
The cost ofmaking themachine.
Subscriptions are overhead. Metered calls are usage. Credit redemptions are not new cash. Unknown is never zero. This ledger keeps those four ideas apart.
Reviewed against the current city configuration and EP2 production on September 11. Account amounts and balances remain the September 3 snapshot; account dashboards were not refreshed. These figures are historical, not current balances or a complete current spend total.
01 · THE ENVELOPE
37.1% committed.
The reserve has no key.
$371 fixed
$479 admission headroom
$150 inaccessible reserve
The September 3 account snapshot recorded a $50 monthly OpenAI auto-reload purchase ceiling. This is not a per-project usage cap. EP2 subsequently received explicit authorization for its OpenAI API contestant; its complete cost remains unreconciled.
02 · RECURRING CASH
What renews if
nobody touches it.
| Service / job | Now | Next state | Control |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude MaxOfficial Claude CLI implementation and independent audit | $200 | 2026-10-01Downgrade to Max 5x is scheduled · $100/mo | Fixed subscription and usage quota; Anthropic API is forbiddenCONFIRMED ACCOUNT |
| ChatGPT Pro 5xPrimary Codex orchestration, implementation, review, and Hermes reporting | $100 | 2026-09-29Auto-renews · $100/mo | Subscription and API billing are separate; EP2 has an explicitly authorized OpenAI API routeCONFIRMED ACCOUNT |
| Kilo Pass ProPrepaid gateway credits and BytePlus coding-plan funding | $49 | 2026-09-23Auto-renews · $49/mo | Paid gateway requests stop when prepaid credits reach zeroCONFIRMED ACCOUNT |
| ElevenLabs CreatorContestant speech through the fleet bnc-voice command; EP2 narrator uses local Kyutai | $22 | 2026-09-29Payment attempt at 23:52 UTC · $22/mo | Character-limit extension and overage are disabledCONFIRMED ACCOUNT |
BytePlus Lite is a $20 monthly Kilo-credit redemption, not another direct cash commitment. Counting it twice would turn accounting into theater.
| Job | Model | Runtime / bill | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine implementation | Claude Fable 5.1 primary; GPT-5.6 Sol medium secondary | Official Claude Code CLI / Codex CLIClaude Max / ChatGPT subscriptions | Configured provider routes; not a claim about every running session |
| Mayor and refineries | GPT-6 Astra, high reasoning | Codex CLI / codex-mayor and codex-thinkChatGPT subscription | Configured |
| Routine city operations | GPT-5.6 Terra, medium reasoning | Codex CLI / codex-routineChatGPT subscription | Configured |
| Website witness pilot | MiniMax M3 | Kilo / kilo-witnessKilo account; current settlement not refreshed | Configured bounded pilot |
| Independent kernel audit | Dedicated auditor configuration | Official Claude Code CLI in print modeClaude Max subscription | Independent exact-head review and merge gates |
| EP2 contestants | GPT-4o; Claude Sonnet 5; Claude Haiku 4.5; Qwen3 Next 80B | OpenAI API; official Claude CLI; local LM StudioAPI usage, Claude Max subscription, and local compute; total unknown | Editor-authorized episode route |
| EP2 postproduction voices | Kyutai TTS 1.6B narrator; four ElevenLabs contestant performances | Private Apple Silicon host / bnc-voiceLocal compute and ElevenLabs allowance; total unknown | Editor-selected hybrid voice binding |
| Beads, Dolt, CI, and merge controls | None | Deterministic programsNo model inference | Control plane |
Configured does not mean currently burning tokens: the city and both rigs were suspended with zero agents running at the verified snapshot. Subscription clocks continue anyway.
04 · SINCE DEVLOG 006
Same factory loop.
Different ownership.
September 3 comparison retained in Git history
- DEVLOG 6
- Earlier factory routing is historical
- NOW
- The routing table above reflects the September 11 configuration review
- SO WHAT
- No cost superiority claim follows from model configuration alone
05 · POOLS & ALLOWANCES
Money already bought.
Capacity not yet spent.
September 3 account snapshot: $93.50 used from $123.50 acquired paid plus promotional credits
Auto top-up off; hard stop at zeroSeptember 3 account snapshot: $0.00 September spend; no authorized factory consumer
$50 monthly auto-reload purchase ceiling; project has no hard capSeptember 3 account snapshot: 4,537 of 131,000 characters used
No overageSeptember 3 account snapshot: 400 included plus 126 additional compute minutes; September usage zero
No recurring group subscription06 · CASH LEDGER
Known payments,
one row at a time.
| Date | Service | Amount | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-23 | Kilo Pass ProSubscription invoice paid | $49.00 | CONFIRMED ACCOUNT |
| 2026-08-29 | ChatGPT Pro 5xUpgrade/proration paid; next full cycle is $100 | $87.12 | CONFIRMED ACCOUNT |
| 2026-08-30 | Kilo prepaid gatewayNon-recurring credit purchase | $50.00 | CONFIRMED ACCOUNT |
| 2026-09-01 | Claude MaxMax 20x invoice paid | $200.00 | CONFIRMED ACCOUNT |
These are observed cash events across different billing cycles, not a month-to-date total. Git history is the audit trail. Corrections use reversal and replacement entries.
07 · WORKLOAD RECEIPTS
Measured, estimated,
or honestly unknown.
measured marginal
Hermes sanitized report 20260903T212229Z
Subscription OAuth made marginal metered cost $0; the seat remains fixed overhead
$0.00measured rounded
Earlier Hermes metered report
$0.125 source value rounded to cents; earlier runs ranged from $0.02 to $0.08
$0.13estimate
Three historical match runs
About $6 total, or about $2 per match; provider receipts are not attached
$6.00unknown
Episode 1
Runtime and provider assignment exist, but token and cost fields do not
UNKNOWNunknown
Episode 2 production and postproduction
Explicitly authorized OpenAI API contestant plus CLI/local contestants; local Kyutai narration and ElevenLabs quotations. Account settlement and complete per-episode allocation are not yet reconciled.
UNKNOWN08 · CONTROL GAPS
Unknown does not
mean free.
- Taxes on future renewals
- Domain renewal price and auto-renew setting
- Local electricity and hardware amortization
- Human time
- Cost per accepted merge request and 14-day reversion
- Exact Episode 1 cost
- GitLab additional-minute acquisition provenance
- Current account balances and usage after the September 3 snapshot
- Complete EP2 game, TTS, and local-compute cost; unknown is not zero