Agent Plans, API Credits, and GPU Cluster Access

Every lab member gets a serious research allocation through Tiptree. Althea manages priority and usage.

This is not a casual free-credit perk. It is the lab resource layer: max-plan-style coding and LLM access through Tiptree, managed API credits for project work, and Slurm GPU cluster access for experiments. Althea allocates resources based on project needs, contribution history, available budget, and what the lab is trying to get built.

What Members Get

Max-plan-style coding and LLM access run through Tiptree for lab work.
Managed API credits attached to active projects.
Slurm GPU cluster access for experiments.
Project digests and visibility into active work.
Collaborator matching when expertise overlaps with a project need.

What Members Owe

Respond when Althea asks for relevant help.
Contribute to other projects if the lab is supporting yours.
Allow contribution tracking and ownership updates.
Follow authorship and consent rules.
Do not treat the system as only free credits.

Resource Accounting v0

Limitations and priorities for these resources are determined by Althea, the lab manager.

Resource	Unit
Agent and coding plan	Member allocation or project session
API credits	Project budget
Slurm GPU cluster	Job, GPU hours, or queue priority

Guardrail

Resource availability is limited and not guaranteed. The lab should meter usage from day one, even if allocation is manual at first.

Tiptree Advanced Systems / resources / 10 May 2026