generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
source: https://tako.com/.well-known/mpp.json
docs: https://tako.com/.well-known/agent.md
model: per-request usage-based (Machine Payments Protocol, MPP)
notes: >-
  Tako exposes a Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) surface where agents pay
  per-request and are auto-provisioned on first payment — no signup or API key
  required for the MPP endpoints. Prices below are published verbatim in the
  MPP manifest and agent guide (USD per request).
currency: USD
finops:
  - endpoint: /api/mpp/v1/search
    price_usd: 0.012
    mode: sync
    description: Knowledge cards for a data question.
  - endpoint: /api/mpp/v1/answer
    price_usd: 0.018
    mode: sync
    description: Cited natural-language answer plus knowledge cards.
  - endpoint: /api/mpp/v1/contents
    price_usd: 0.002
    mode: sync
    description: Download the data behind a result (CSV or extracted text).
  - endpoint: /api/mpp/v1/visualize
    price_usd: 0.036667
    mode: sync
    description: Visualize data you supply (inline CSV).
  - endpoint: /api/mpp/v1/charts/edit
    price_usd: 0.007333
    mode: sync
    description: Edit an existing chart.
  - endpoint: /api/mpp/v1/thinviz/create
    price_usd: 0.003667
    mode: sync
    description: Build a chart from structured component definitions.
  - endpoint: /api/mpp/v1/reports/generate
    price_usd: 5.50
    mode: async
    description: Generate a full research report (poll for completion).
key_auth_billing:
  model: credits / pay-as-you-go
  notes: >-
    The key-authenticated API (X-API-Key) bills via prepaid credits; graph
    endpoints consume no credits; the first 20 rows of a card CSV export are free,
    with rows beyond the free allowance billed per 1,000 rows up to a 2,000-row
    ceiling (see ExportPricing in the OpenAPI).
  docs: https://docs.tako.com/documentation/additional-resources/credits-and-billing