buy_ai_tokens
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Purchase AI Tokens ($0.10 per token) by charging a Stripe Shared Payment Token (SPT) — for users with no Atom balance. This SPENDS REAL MONEY and requires the 'domains:register' scope.
MANDATORY three-step flow — never skip a step:
- Call with confirm=false to get a QUOTE: price is entirely server-authoritative ($0.10 x token_count) — never assume or pass a price.
- Call again with confirm=true, the SAME idempotency_key, and NO payment_token: returns a structured payment_required challenge (amount, currency).
- Once a Shared Payment Token is obtained for that exact amount, call a third time with confirm=true, the SAME idempotency_key, and payment_token set. Payment is captured FIRST; tokens are only credited after that succeeds.
PAYMENT PRIORITY for AI Tokens: this tool is priority 1 — try it first, using whatever payment method your own platform can already supply for the payment_token. Only if you have no way to obtain a payment_token here, fall back to priority 2: get_ai_tokens_pay_link, paid via link-cli's tools (e.g. mpp_pay), if those are present in this session. There is no checkout-link fallback for AI Tokens.
Rules: never assume or pass a price. Reuse one idempotency_key across all calls for the same intent. If crediting fails AFTER payment succeeds, no refund is issued automatically — the result says so explicitly; do not tell the user a refund is coming.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| token_count | integer | yes | Number of AI Tokens to purchase (1-100000). |
| idempotency_key | string | yes | Client-generated unique key; identical across all calls for the same intended purchase. |
| confirm | boolean | no | false returns a quote; true attempts payment + crediting. |
| payment_token | string | no | Shared Payment Token authorizing the exact quoted amount. Omit to receive the payment_required challenge. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"token_count": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Number of AI Tokens to purchase (1-100000)."
},
"idempotency_key": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Client-generated unique key; identical across all calls for the same intended purchase."
},
"confirm": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false,
"description": "false returns a quote; true attempts payment + crediting."
},
"payment_token": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Shared Payment Token authorizing the exact quoted amount. Omit to receive the payment_required challenge."
}
},
"required": [
"token_count",
"idempotency_key"
]
}