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# Adjust an institution's credit balance (super admin only)

> Adds or subtracts credits from the given institution. Records an AccountTransfer with a mandatory note for audit. If the institution has a parent account, by default credits are transferred zero-sum from that account (the account's balance is decremented by the same amount and the AccountTransfer record has both institution and account set). For standalone institutions OR when skipParentDebit is true, credits are injected directly into the institution with no account adjustment, and the AccountTransfer record omits the account field. skipParentDebit is intended for promo/compensation credits funded by the platform. Reserved for super administrators - regular admins and account managers receive 403.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /mdx/api-reference/admin/admin-api.json post /api/admin/institution/{id}/credits
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Pria Admin API
  version: 2.0.1
  description: >-
    Pria API Documentation Praxis's developer platform is a core part of our
    mission to empower organizations to grow better. Our APIs are designed to
    enable teams of any shape or size to build robust integrations that help
    them customize and get the most value out of Pria. All Pria APIs are built
    using REST conventions and designed to have a predictable URL structure.
    <br/>  <br/>They use many standard HTTP features, including methods (POST,
    GET, PUT, DELETE) and error response codes.  <br/> <br/>All API calls are
    made under https://hiimpria.ai/api and all responses return standard JSON.
    In these docs, you'll find lists of all available endpoints for a given API,
    along with interactive code blocks for building requests. For walkthroughs
    of basic usage for these APIs, check out the API guides.
servers:
  - url: https://pria.praxislxp.com
    description: Pria API Server
security: []
tags:
  - name: Authentication
    description: User authentication, registration, and password management (/api/auth)
  - name: OAuth
    description: OAuth authentication providers - Google, GitHub, SSO (/api/auth/oauth)
  - name: User
    description: User profile management and account operations (/api/user)
  - name: User Institutions
    description: User institution memberships and switching (/api/user/institution)
  - name: User Tools
    description: Available tools for authenticated users (/api/user/tools)
  - name: Institutions
    description: Institution settings and configuration (/api/user/institution)
  - name: Conversation
    description: AI conversation and Q&A endpoints (/api/ai)
  - name: Realtime
    description: Real-time voice AI and WebRTC sessions (/api/ai/rt)
  - name: Assistant
    description: AI assistant configuration and management (/api/user/assistant)
  - name: History
    description: Conversation history and favorites (/api/user/history)
  - name: RAG
    description: >-
      Document upload, embedding, and retrieval-augmented generation
      (/api/user/files, /api/user/rag)
  - name: Setting
    description: Instance variables and settings management (/api/user/setting)
  - name: Branding
    description: Digital twin branding and customization (/api/agent/branding)
  - name: Agent
    description: Agent engagement and session management (/api/agent)
  - name: SDK Launch
    description: >-
      SDK launch token signing and verification for secure iframe embedding
      (/api/auth/sdk-sign, /api/auth/sdk-verify)
  - name: Testing
    description: Health checks, diagnostics, and test endpoints (/api/test)
  - name: Admin Accounts
    description: Account management for super admins (/api/admin/account)
  - name: Admin Institutions
    description: Institution management for admins (/api/admin/institution)
  - name: Admin Users
    description: User management for admins (/api/admin/user)
  - name: Admin Entitlements
    description: >-
      User-institution relationships and permissions
      (/api/admin/userInstitution)
  - name: Admin Sessions
    description: Session management for admins (/api/admin/session)
  - name: Admin Histories
    description: Conversation history management and analytics (/api/admin/history)
  - name: Admin Assistants
    description: AI assistant management for admins (/api/admin/assistant)
  - name: Admin Questions
    description: Institution question and prompt management (/api/admin/question)
  - name: Admin Tools
    description: Tool configuration management (/api/admin/tool)
  - name: Admin AI Models
    description: AI model configuration (/api/admin/aimodel)
  - name: Admin MCP Servers
    description: Model Context Protocol server management (/api/admin/mcpserver)
  - name: Admin Feedbacks
    description: User feedback management (/api/admin/feedback)
  - name: Admin Uploads
    description: Upload management (/api/admin/upload)
  - name: Admin Charts
    description: Analytics and visualization chart management (/api/admin/chart)
  - name: Admin Memory
    description: Admin inspection and editing of user/instance memory parameters.
  - name: Admin Usage Limits
    description: Per-user usage-vs-cap reporting and account-wide at-limit counts.
paths:
  /api/admin/institution/{id}/credits:
    post:
      tags:
        - Admin Institutions
      summary: Adjust an institution's credit balance (super admin only)
      description: >-
        Adds or subtracts credits from the given institution. Records an
        AccountTransfer with a mandatory note for audit. If the institution has
        a parent account, by default credits are transferred zero-sum from that
        account (the account's balance is decremented by the same amount and the
        AccountTransfer record has both institution and account set). For
        standalone institutions OR when skipParentDebit is true, credits are
        injected directly into the institution with no account adjustment, and
        the AccountTransfer record omits the account field. skipParentDebit is
        intended for promo/compensation credits funded by the platform. Reserved
        for super administrators - regular admins and account managers receive
        403.
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: id
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
          description: Institution ID
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - credits
                - note
              properties:
                credits:
                  type: integer
                  description: Non-zero integer. Positive adds, negative subtracts.
                  example: 100
                note:
                  type: string
                  description: Mandatory reason for the adjustment. Max 2000 chars.
                  example: compensation for outage
                skipParentDebit:
                  type: boolean
                  default: false
                  description: >-
                    If true, inject credits directly into the institution
                    without debiting the parent account. Only meaningful when
                    the institution has a parent account. Intended for
                    promo/compensation credits funded by the platform rather
                    than the client account.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Credits adjusted and transfer recorded
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                    example: true
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      institution:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          id:
                            type: string
                          credits:
                            type: number
                      account:
                        type: object
                        description: >-
                          Present only on zero-sum transfers (parent account
                          existed and skipParentDebit was not set).
                        properties:
                          id:
                            type: string
                          credits:
                            type: number
                      transfer:
                        $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccountTransfer'
                  message:
                    type: string
                    example: Institution credits adjusted!
        '400':
          description: >-
            Validation failure (invalid id, credits, or note) or insufficient
            balance
        '401':
          description: Authentication required
        '403':
          description: Not a super admin
        '404':
          description: Institution not found
        '409':
          description: >-
            Parent account reference is dangling - resolve before adjusting
            credits
      security:
        - apiKeyAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    AccountTransfer:
      type: object
      properties:
        _id:
          type: string
          description: Transfer ID
        institution:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Institution ObjectId (optional - present for institution-scoped
            transfers)
        account:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Account ObjectId (optional - present for account-scoped transfers
            and zero-sum institution transfers)
        user:
          type: string
          description: User ObjectId of the admin who made the change
        credits:
          type: number
          description: Credit delta (can be negative)
        status:
          type: string
          description: active, inactive, or deleted
          example: active
        created:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Transfer timestamp
        transferMode:
          type: integer
          description: 1 = manual by admin, 2 = auto, 3 = on delete (institution)
          example: 1
        note:
          type: string
          description: Reason provided by the admin (required for manual adjustments)
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-access-token
      description: JWT token passed in x-access-token header

````