compute_price
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Compute a price for a product/context via the Last Price Pricing Compute Network. Returns the computed price, the function that produced it, token metering/cost, and a trace listing each stage the request passed through (cache, route, execute, fallback, constrain, meter). For a competitor offer, put competitor_price, competitor_currency and competitive_action in metadata, then supply min_price or unit_cost with target_margin_pct. Missing business inputs return an error naming them.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| product_id | string | no | Optional identifier of what is being priced. |
| product_type | string | no | Optional category. Defaults to "custom". |
| current_price | number | no | The current or reference price. Optional: functions that price relative to an incumbent need it, but lastprice/cost-plus prices from unit_cost instead. |
| unit_cost | number | no | What the work costs you. It lets lastprice/cost-plus price with no current_price, which is the usual case when pricing a task you are about to run. Routing picks a function that can use it; to require cost-plus, pass its UUID from list_functions as function_id. |
| target_margin_pct | number | no | Margin on price for cost-plus, not markup on cost: price = unit_cost / (1 - margin). Defaults to 30. |
| min_price | number | no | Optional minimum acceptable price. A competitive offer needs this or a declared unit_cost and target_margin_pct. |
| max_price | number | no | Optional maximum acceptable price. |
| currency | string | yes | Three-letter ISO currency code, e.g. USD. |
| customer_segment | string | no | Optional segment, e.g. enterprise. |
| geo | string | no | Optional geography hint, e.g. US. |
| routing_preference | string | no | How to route across pricing functions. Defaults to "default". |
| function_id | string | no | Optional explicit pricing function UUID to use. |
| include_explanation | boolean | no | If true, ask for an explanation and confidence with the price. |
| metadata | object | no | Optional context. For competitive pricing: competitor_price, competitor_currency and competitive_action (match or undercut); undercut requires undercut_pct. Confirm product comparability before calling. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"product_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional identifier of what is being priced."
},
"product_type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"saas",
"ecommerce",
"marketplace",
"digital",
"api",
"custom"
],
"description": "Optional category. Defaults to \"custom\"."
},
"current_price": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "The current or reference price. Optional: functions that price relative to an incumbent need it, but lastprice/cost-plus prices from unit_cost instead."
},
"unit_cost": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "What the work costs you. It lets lastprice/cost-plus price with no current_price, which is the usual case when pricing a task you are about to run. Routing picks a function that can use it; to require cost-plus, pass its UUID from list_functions as function_id."
},
"target_margin_pct": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 95,
"description": "Margin on price for cost-plus, not markup on cost: price = unit_cost / (1 - margin). Defaults to 30."
},
"min_price": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Optional minimum acceptable price. A competitive offer needs this or a declared unit_cost and target_margin_pct."
},
"max_price": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Optional maximum acceptable price."
},
"currency": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 3,
"maxLength": 3,
"description": "Three-letter ISO currency code, e.g. USD."
},
"customer_segment": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional segment, e.g. enterprise."
},
"geo": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional geography hint, e.g. US."
},
"routing_preference": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"cheapest",
"fastest",
"explicit",
"round_robin",
"weighted",
"policy",
"default"
],
"description": "How to route across pricing functions. Defaults to \"default\"."
},
"function_id": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid",
"description": "Optional explicit pricing function UUID to use."
},
"include_explanation": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "If true, ask for an explanation and confidence with the price."
},
"metadata": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Optional context. For competitive pricing: competitor_price, competitor_currency and competitive_action (match or undercut); undercut requires undercut_pct. Confirm product comparability before calling."
}
},
"required": [
"currency"
]
}