meter_open
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Open a usage/budget meter recorded in SaSame's append-only ledger. Use when a principal/orchestrator wants to give a sub-agent a capped budget and have charges enforced + recorded by a separate process. SaSame holds NO funds and is NOT a payment processor: it timestamps and ed25519-signs the envelope with its published public key, so the accounting is offline-verifiable. Returns a meter_id + a signed receipt (verify the signature with trust_pubkey).
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| budget | number | yes | Budget cap in your own units (e.g. USDC, tokens, calls). Charges beyond this are rejected. |
| unit | string | no | Unit label, e.g. 'USDC', 'calls', 'tokens' (free text, informational) |
| owner_label | string | no | Who owns this budget (self-claimed label, unverified) |
| memo | string | no | Optional note |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"budget": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Budget cap in your own units (e.g. USDC, tokens, calls). Charges beyond this are rejected."
},
"unit": {
"description": "Unit label, e.g. 'USDC', 'calls', 'tokens' (free text, informational)",
"type": "string"
},
"owner_label": {
"description": "Who owns this budget (self-claimed label, unverified)",
"type": "string"
},
"memo": {
"description": "Optional note",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"budget"
]
}