📘 What Are Hyperdrive Credits (HDC)?
Hyperdrive Credits (HDC) are used for premium actions inside the Search Atlas platform that require direct external execution or paid distribution. These credits are separate from standard Search Atlas quotas and are only consumed for specific high-impact services.
🧠 What Hyperdrive Credits Are
Hyperdrive Credits are a dedicated balance used for actions that involve external systems, placements, or paid infrastructure.
👉 1 USD = 1 Hyperdrive Credit (HDC)
⚙️ Step-by-Step: When HDC Is Used
- Step 1: You request an action through MCP. Examples: "Launch a link building campaign," "Publish a press release," "Purchase a guest post in LinkLab."
- Step 2: The assistant prepares the action.
- Step 3: The system identifies that the action requires Hyperdrive Credits.
- Step 4: You are prompted to confirm.
- Step 5: After confirmation, HDC is consumed and the action is executed.
📊 Actions That Use Hyperdrive Credits
HDC is used for:
- LinkLab (link building campaigns and guest post purchases)
- Press release distribution
- Cloud stacks and infrastructure-based SEO actions
🔐 Approval Requirement
⚠️ Actions that consume Hyperdrive Credits require explicit user confirmation before execution. This ensures you always know when paid actions are about to run.
⚠️ Important Notes
- HDC is separate from standard Search Atlas quotas.
- HDC is only used for specific premium actions.
- Regular MCP actions (audits, content, etc.) do NOT use HDC.
- Pricing is tied to real-world execution costs.
💳 Recurring vs Non-Recurring HDC Pools
Your HDC balance may be split across two distinct pools:
- Recurring HDC: Credits granted as part of your subscription plan, refreshed on each billing cycle.
- Non-Recurring HDC: One-time or top-up credits purchased separately or added manually.
⚠️ Important: Certain checkout flows — including LinkLab guest post purchases — currently validate against the Recurring pool only. This means you may see an "insufficient HDC" message at checkout even when your total HDC balance (Recurring + Non-Recurring) is more than enough to cover the purchase.
🛠️ Troubleshooting: "Insufficient HDC" at LinkLab Guest Post Checkout
If your LinkLab guest post checkout shows a low available HDC balance (e.g., 15 HDC available when you need 338 HDC) but your account total is higher, the credits are likely split between Recurring and Non-Recurring pools.
How to resolve:
- Check your HDC breakdown to confirm credits exist in the Non-Recurring pool.
- Contact Search Atlas Support and request a credit pool reallocation so the Non-Recurring HDC can be applied toward the guest post purchase.
- Support will escalate to the engineering/specialized billing team if reallocation is required.
- Once reallocated, retry the guest post checkout — the purchase should process normally using HDC.
🔁 How HDC Fits Into MCP Pricing
MCP pricing has three layers:
- AI tokens (conversation)
- Search Atlas quotas (standard actions)
- Hyperdrive Credits (premium external actions)
Hyperdrive Credits are used only when an action involves external execution or paid distribution. By requiring confirmation before use, MCP ensures you stay in full control of when these premium credits are spent.