The CEO does not answer
The CEO needs a model and budget to answer. When it does not answer, check its model, the allowance, the budget and whether it is active.
What you may see, and what to doLink to What you may see, and what to do
- "No model route is configured." The CEO has no hosted AI access. Add a supported model account or API key, or use included Crewshal credit. A Claude or ChatGPT plan through the runner supports local coding after planning; it does not replace the CEO's hosted AI access. See AI access.
- "The platform model allowance is exhausted." Add a supported model account or API key, or use new included Crewshal credit if the server offers it. A runner plan supports local coding after planning. See The included allowance.
- "No configured text provider is currently available." The providers do not answer now. Try again in a minute, or add another account.
- No reply, and the budget is used. The organization used its daily budget. Raise it on Settings, or wait for the next UTC day. See Out of budget.
- "Work will wait until this worker becomes active." The CEO is paused or onboarding. Resume it on Workers.
- The kill switch is engaged. Every call is denied. An admin releases it on Settings.
Work waits in the queueLink to Work waits in the queue
Work that you send without hosted AI access waits in the queue. It starts when the CEO has supported AI access.
Ask AvaLink to Ask Ava
Ava can check the CEO's state for you. When Ava cannot answer either, she says whether the budget or allowance is used up, or the model is not reachable.
Checked against the product on 2026-10-05.
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- Setup: AI accessGive your CEO separate AI access for planning and review: a supported API key or model account, or included Crewshal credit when offered. A Claude or ChatGPT plan through the runner runs coding work on your computer after planning.
- The included allowanceThe included allowance is an amount of Crewshal's own model credits that a new organization may use. Your Crewshal server's operator sets it. It can be zero.
- Out of budgetWhen a budget runs out, Crewshal refuses new spend. Work pauses with an escalation. You can raise the budget or stop the work, and you lose no progress.
- Kill switch and pauseThe kill switch stops every worker in your organization at once. You can also pause one worker. Release resumes the workers the switch paused.