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Usage Metering & Action Counting

Usage Metering & Action Counting

Sidekick v1.0.65 introduces per-user daily action metering. Every automation, response, or task your AI executes counts as an action, and those counts are now tracked in real time against your plan's daily limit.

How It Works

Every time a UnifiedAction is executed — whether triggered by a scheduled automation, a chat command, an integration event, or an autonomous agent decision — the daily action counter for your account is incremented by one.

User triggers event
        │
        ▼
  UnifiedAction runs
        │
        ▼
  Daily counter +1
        │
        ├─► Billing enforcement check
        └─► Analytics record

Counters reset at midnight UTC each day.

Viewing Your Usage

Your real-time usage is visible in the dashboard header at all times:

[ Sidekick ]   ...nav...   [ 42 / 500 actions today ]   [ Account ]

The indicator shows:

  • Current count — actions executed so far today
  • Plan limit — the maximum daily actions included in your current plan

No refresh needed — the counter updates live as actions run.

Plan Limits & Billing

Daily action counts are used to enforce plan limits. When your account approaches or reaches its daily limit:

  • Sidekick will surface a warning in the dashboard.
  • Actions that would exceed the limit may be queued or paused depending on your plan settings.
  • Upgrading your plan immediately raises the daily limit for the remainder of the day.

Contact support or visit your billing settings to review your current plan's action allowance.

Analytics

Per-user daily action data is captured for internal reporting. Future releases will expose usage history and trend charts directly in the dashboard.

What Counts as an Action?

Any execution of a UnifiedAction counts — this includes but is not limited to:

  • Sending a message or reply (email, Slack, Discord, etc.)
  • Creating, updating, or deleting a calendar event
  • Opening, closing, or commenting on a GitHub issue or PR
  • Triggering a smart home device command
  • Running a ClawHub skill
  • Any autonomous agent decision that results in a real-world side effect

Read-only operations (e.g. fetching your inbox for display, checking calendar availability) do not count as actions.