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# Free Frontier AI Every Day: Daily GPT-6 Astra + GPT-5.6 Terra
- URL: https://wuu73.org/aiguide/free-frontier-ai-every-day-daily-gpt-6-astra-gpt-5-6-terra/
- Published: 2026-09-27T00:53:14.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-27T00:53:14.000Z
- Author: WUU73
- Tags: Guides, free AI coding, gpt-6-astra, vibe coding

# Free Tokens from OpenAI

OpenAI gives you **free API tokens every day** if you share your API traffic with them. It's not a lot, but you get **up to $12.50/day of GPT-6 Astra**, plus **10x as many tokens on GPT-5.6 Terra**. Use Astra to plan and Terra to build.

## The deal

| Group    | Tiers 1–2 | Tiers 3–5 | Models                                                        |
| -------- | --------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Frontier | 250K/day  | 1M/day    | gpt-6-astra, gpt-6-sol, gpt-6-luna, gpt-5.6-sol, gpt-5.5, o3… |
| Small    | 2.5M/day  | 10M/day   | gpt-5.6-terra, gpt-5.6-luna, gpt-5.4-mini, o4-mini…           |

Astra costs $10/M input and $50/M output, so 250K tokens is worth **up to $12.50/day** (up to $50/day on Tiers 3–5). [Full model list](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/10306912-sharing-feedback-evaluation-and-fine-tuning-data-and-api-inputs-and-outputs-with-openai?ref=wuu73.org#what-models-are-included-in-this-offer).

## Turn it on

1. As an org owner, go to **[Data Controls → Sharing](https://platform.openai.com/settings/organization/data-controls/sharing?ref=wuu73.org)**.
2. Enable input/output sharing, ideally on **one dedicated project only**.
3. Keep a positive account balance. You won't be charged for the free tokens, but the program won't work at $0.

## Rules

- Resets at **00:00 UTC**, with no rollover. Each group shares one quota.
- **The request that crosses the cap is billed in full**, so leave some headroom.
- Fine-tuning, evals, and **tool use** aren't covered.
- **You're paying with your data.** Don't send secrets, customer data, or proprietary code.
- To check it's working, open the [Usage dashboard](https://platform.openai.com/usage/chat-completions?ref=wuu73.org) and group by service tier. Free tokens show up as "data sharing incentive tier."

## The hack: Astra plans, Terra builds

**1\. Astra writes the plan** (\~20–60K tokens). Ask for a plan, not code, since output tokens are the expensive ones:

```
You're a staff engineer. A less capable agent will execute your plan
literally and can't ask questions. Goal: <X>. Context: <stack>.
Write numbered small tasks with exact files, function signatures,
acceptance criteria, and pitfalls. No full implementations.

```

Save it as `PLAN.md`.

**2\. Terra does the work.** Point your agent at `gpt-5.6-terra`:

```
Execute the next unchecked task in PLAN.md exactly. Check it off when
acceptance criteria pass, then stop.

```

**3\. Escalate only when Terra gets stuck.** Send Astra just the error and the relevant file.

It costs $0, and you get a frontier model doing the thinking every day. **[Go turn it on.](https://platform.openai.com/settings/organization/data-controls/sharing?ref=wuu73.org)**

If you already have a project, have a bunch of files, and you want to give it to Astra in a single prompt to save tokens (compared to using an agent harness like ChatGPT/Codex/etc) I made a free tool called [AI Code Prep GUI](http://wuu73.org/aicp/?ref=wuu73.org) which will let you select all the files you want included in a GUI (Windows, Mac, Linux, anywhere that can run a python Qt app). Can run without installing using uv:

**uvx aicodeprep-gui**

I also made a Rust version that is much faster for larger repos/more files. This is the main way I was coding with AI for a long time, until the agent harnesses finally became very good - the app still comes in handy for situations like free tokens or when I want to send a bunch of files to several different models inside their native web chat interfaces.