SHORTFORM ENGINE

Settings

Budget caps & current spend

Today $0.00 / $50 cap
This month $0.00 / $750 cap

Per-minute caps: soft $0.1/min (pause new stages) · hard $0.15/min (block all + await allocation)

Per-stage budget allocation

Stage Budget ($)
CLASSIFY_FOOTAGE 0.050
MINE_FOUNDER_VOCAB 0.080
SEGMENT 0.150
SCORE 0.100
HEADLINE_SUGGEST 0.030
WRITTEN_CAPTION 0.040
PICK_STYLE_DEFAULT 0.020
PICK_MUSIC 0.020
PICK_BROLL 0.020
CRITIQUE 0.180
TIGHTEN 0.000

TIGHTEN is pure-Python (no LLM cost). Source-scoped stages run once per source; clip-scoped stages run once per viable clip (D#48).

Allowlist — magic-link sign-in

Everyone on this list can sign in via magic link. All members are equal — no roles or tiers (D#18).

API key rotation

Keys live in ~/Mundi Princeps/config/api_keys.json. See docs/plans/2026-05-24-shorts-engine-v2/90-supporting/api-key-prerequisites.md for the rotation procedure. Never paste key values here — rotate on the server and restart the engine.