Fund a project or set a monthly limit#

Give a Funded project budget, correct it, or cap any project per month. A Tracked project has no limit by default, and ATLAS records its cost. A monthly limit is optional.

Before you begin#

• You need the Owner, Admin or Account Manager role.
• Know whether the project is Funded or Tracked. The Funding tab, which holds money only, exists only on Funded projects. The Limits tab exists on both.

Add or correct funds on a Funded project#

1. Open the project and select the Funding tab.
2. Select Add funds.
3. Enter the Amount. It can't be zero. Use a negative amount to correct or reduce the funding.
4. Enter a Reason. It's required.
5. Submit.

Result: the entry is added to the Allocation history with its date, amount, reason, author and running total. Entries are never edited. You can download a top-up statement from the history row, and Monthly cost reports lists the monthly statements.

A total of zero means the project refuses traffic. You can allocate funds to an archived project, but traffic stays refused until you reactivate it. ATLAS refuses other changes to an archived project with ERR-0126. These include editing the project, its configuration or models, creating keys, adding members and changing member roles.

Set or clear a monthly limit#

A monthly limit applies to Funded and Tracked projects. On a Funded project the gateway enforces both the funding and the monthly limit.

1. Open the project and select the Limits tab.
2. Unlock the tab with the lock in the header.
3. In Monthly project limit, enter an amount greater than zero. The field reads No limit until you set one. To clear an existing limit, choose No limit.
4. Select Save.

Result: the limit applies to the calendar month in the organisation's business time zone. The tab shows progress for the month. Once the month's spend reaches the limit, the gateway refuses requests with a 429 budget error (402 for Anthropic-compatible clients) until the next month.

The same tab holds the daily and weekly default limits per member, saved with the same Save. To override one member, open the Members tab, open the row's action menu and select Edit spend limits.

Troubleshooting#

The Funding tab exists only on Funded projects, so you meet this code only through the API. Look up any code in the error catalogue. Errors explains how ATLAS reports them.

Related#

• Create a project
• Manage project members
• Two funding modes
• Projects