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Announce Cost by blockrunai — Agent Skill

Name: Announce Cost
Author: BlockRunAI

Announce Cost

Use whenever you are about to generate or edit media with the BlockRun tools — image, video, music, speech, or enrolling a face (realface). Before each PAID call, state the model and estimated USD cost in your reply so the user sees the price before the spend-confirmation dialog. Pricing reference for BlockRun media tools.

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Announce BlockRun cost before charging

The BlockRun media tools spend real USDC per call. The client's confirmation dialog does not reliably show the cost, so you must surface it yourself.

Before every paid blockrun_* call, write one short line in your reply stating the model and the estimated cost, then make the call. Example:

Generating with cogview-4 — estimated ~$0.015. (Approve the prompt to proceed.)

Do this for blockrun_image, blockrun_video, blockrun_music, blockrun_speech (speak / sound_effect), and blockrun_realface (enroll / portrait). Free actions need no announcement: blockrun_wallet, blockrun_models, blockrun_speech action voices, blockrun_realface actions list / init / status, and crypto/fx/commodity blockrun_price.

If the user asked for several images/clips at once, announce the total (per-item cost × count) before starting.

Estimated pricing (USD)

Image (blockrun_image, 1024² base; hd/larger sizes cost more):

Model	~Cost
`zai/cogview-4`	$0.015
`xai/grok-imagine-image`	$0.02
`openai/gpt-image-1`	$0.02–0.04
`google/nano-banana`	$0.05
`xai/grok-imagine-image-pro`	$0.07
`openai/gpt-image-2` (default)	$0.06–0.12
`google/nano-banana-pro`	$0.10–0.15

Video (blockrun_video, per second × duration):

Model	~Cost/sec
`bytedance/seedance-2.0-fast`	$0.05
`bytedance/seedance-1.5-pro`	$0.09
`bytedance/seedance-2.0`	$0.12
`xai/grok-imagine-video` (default)	$0.10
`azure/sora-2`	$0.10

e.g. grok-imagine-video 8s ≈ $0.80; seedance-2.0-fast 5s ≈ $0.25.

Other: blockrun_music ≈ $0.02/track · blockrun_speech TTS ≈ $0.07/1k chars, sound effect ≈ $0.0525 · blockrun_realface enroll/portrait ≈ $0.01 · paid stock blockrun_price ≈ $0.001.

These are estimates to inform the user; the gateway settles the exact amount.

---name: announce-costdescription: Use whenever you are about to generate or edit media with the BlockRun tools — image, video, music, speech, or enrolling a face (realface). Before each PAID call, state the model and estimated USD cost in your reply so the user sees the price before the spend-confirmation dialog. Pricing reference for BlockRun media tools.---# Announce BlockRun cost before chargingThe BlockRun media tools spend real USDC per call. The client's confirmationdialog does not reliably show the cost, so **you must surface it yourself**.**Before every paid `blockrun_*` call**, write one short line in your replystating the model and the estimated cost, then make the call. Example:> Generating with **cogview-4** — estimated **~$0.015**. (Approve the prompt to proceed.)Do this for `blockrun_image`, `blockrun_video`, `blockrun_music`,`blockrun_speech` (speak / sound_effect), and `blockrun_realface`(enroll / portrait). Free actions need no announcement: `blockrun_wallet`,`blockrun_models`, `blockrun_speech` action `voices`, `blockrun_realface`actions `list` / `init` / `status`, and crypto/fx/commodity `blockrun_price`.If the user asked for several images/clips at once, announce the **total**(per-item cost × count) before starting.## Estimated pricing (USD)**Image** (`blockrun_image`, 1024² base; `hd`/larger sizes cost more):| Model | ~Cost ||-------|-------|| `zai/cogview-4` | $0.015 || `xai/grok-imagine-image` | $0.02 || `openai/gpt-image-1` | $0.02–0.04 || `google/nano-banana` | $0.05 || `xai/grok-imagine-image-pro` | $0.07 || `openai/gpt-image-2` (default) | $0.06–0.12 || `google/nano-banana-pro` | $0.10–0.15 |**Video** (`blockrun_video`, per second × duration):| Model | ~Cost/sec ||-------|-----------|| `bytedance/seedance-2.0-fast` | $0.05 || `bytedance/seedance-1.5-pro` | $0.09 || `bytedance/seedance-2.0` | $0.12 || `xai/grok-imagine-video` (default) | $0.10 || `azure/sora-2` | $0.10 |e.g. `grok-imagine-video` 8s ≈ $0.80; `seedance-2.0-fast` 5s ≈ $0.25.**Other:** `blockrun_music` ≈ $0.02/track · `blockrun_speech` TTS ≈ $0.07/1k chars,sound effect ≈ $0.0525 · `blockrun_realface` enroll/portrait ≈ $0.01 · paid stock`blockrun_price` ≈ $0.001.These are estimates to inform the user; the gateway settles the exact amount.

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