Documentation

1. Create an account with your email address or Google account.
2. New accounts are placed on the Free plan and receive starter credits.
3. Open Chat to start a conversation, or create an API key in Dashboard → API keys to integrate Alpha Codec into your own software.

• Streaming: replies appear as they are generated. Press Stop to end a reply early; you are charged only for what was generated.
• Edit and regenerate: hover a message to copy it, edit a previous prompt (later messages are replaced), or regenerate the last reply.
• Files: attach images (PNG, JPEG, WebP, HEIC), PDFs, or text and code files. Files are private to your account.
• Models: choose a model from the picker at the top of a conversation. The choice is remembered per conversation.
• History: conversations are saved automatically. Use search, rename, pin, and delete from the sidebar.
• Press Enter to send and Shift + Enter for a new line.

Alpha Codec remembers the conversation you are in. It can also keep long-term memories: short facts and preferences you share (for example, “Prefers TypeScript”) that make future answers more relevant.

• Memories are extracted in the background after a reply and are visible in Dashboard → Memory.
• You can delete individual memories, clear all of them, turn memory off, or require approval before new memories are saved.
• Memory never stores passwords, API keys, card numbers, ID numbers, or contact details, and it is never shared with other accounts.

API keys look like ac_live_… and are shown only once, when created. Alpha Codec stores only a keyed hash, so a lost key cannot be recovered; revoke it and create a new one. Keys can have an expiry date and their own request-per-minute limit.

See the API reference for endpoints and examples.

• Credits: each request is charged from your credit balance at the model's per-token price. Requests that your balance cannot cover are rejected with HTTP 402.
• Plan limits: plans set requests per minute, optional daily request and monthly token limits, the maximum output length, and which models you can use.
• Spending limit: set your own monthly spending cap in Dashboard → Billing.
• Usage for every request (tokens, cost, latency) is listed in Dashboard → Usage.

• alpha-codec-2.8 — balanced default for chat, writing, and code.
• alpha-codec-2.8-fast — lowest latency and cost for high-volume work.
• alpha-codec-2.8-reasoning — deeper reasoning for hard problems (paid plans).

Current prices are listed on the pricing page.

Sessions use secure, HTTP-only cookies; passwords are hashed with Argon2id; and every account's conversations, files, memories, keys, and usage are isolated. Read the privacy policy for how data is processed, including by our model providers.