> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.mithunai.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# See how many answers you have used this month

> Your organisation has a monthly answer allowance. The Dashboard shows how much is used, warns when it is nearly gone, and says when it resets.

Your organisation has a **monthly answer allowance**: the number of answers your assistants may give in one calendar month. The **Dashboard** shows it as **Answers this month**, for example "850 of 1,000 answers used this month". When the allowance is used up, your assistants stop answering until the next month starts.

## What counts as an answer

One question that an assistant responded to counts as one answer.

* It counts wherever the question was asked: the **Playground**, your [website widget](https://docs.mithunai.com/channels/widget.md), the [API](https://docs.mithunai.com/api-reference/introduction.md) or [MCP](https://docs.mithunai.com/channels/mcp.md). All of them draw on the same allowance.
* It counts whether the assistant answered or said it could not answer from your content.
* It does not count if the answer failed before anything was written, for example because the model provider was unavailable.
* Sending the same question again with the same `idempotency_key` is not counted twice.

Syncing your sources does not use answers.

## What you see as the month goes on

| On the Dashboard | What it means |
| - | - |
| "120 of 1,000 answers used this month" | Plenty left. Nothing to do. |
| A warning that a number of answers are left | 80% or more of the allowance is used. Your assistants still answer. |
| "Your assistant has stopped answering" | The allowance is used. New questions are refused until the date shown. |
| "Your organisation has no monthly limit" | No allowance applies to you. Answers are still counted. |

The count starts again at the beginning of each calendar month, at midnight UTC. Unused answers do not carry over.

## What happens at the limit

Your assistants stop answering new questions, everywhere at once.

* In the **Playground**, the question is not sent and you are told the month's answers are used up.
* In your **website widget**, a visitor who asks a question sees "The monthly answer limit for this account has been reached."
* Over the **API** and **MCP**, the request is refused with status `429` and the code `quota_exceeded`. See [Errors](https://docs.mithunai.com/api-reference/errors.md#the-monthly-answer-limit).

Everything else keeps working. You can still sign in, read past conversations, sync sources and change settings.

To get more answers before the month ends, ask whoever manages your MITHUNAI account to raise your allowance. A change takes effect on the next question; nothing needs restarting.

## Who can see usage

Owners, Administrators and Editors see **Answers this month**. Other members do not see it. See [Roles](https://docs.mithunai.com/concepts/organizations-and-roles.md).

## Read it with the API

[Get answer allowance](https://docs.mithunai.com/api-reference/analytics/get-answer-allowance.md) returns the same figure, with a breakdown by day, by surface and by assistant.

> [!NOTE]
>
> The allowance counts answers. It is not a bill, and this screen shows no prices.


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