---
title: "The plan ladder, and how to get more access"
method: GET
path: "/v1/access"
tags: ["Your key"]
---

# The plan ladder, and how to get more access

`GET /v1/access`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.helious.io`
- URL: `https://api.helious.io/v1/access`
- Auth: one of:
  - none
  - HTTP bearer

Works without a key. Your tier, every plan, and the exact next step to relay to your user: how to make a free account, get a key, or subscribe. Agents should read this instead of guessing.

## Response `200`

summary + source + data + meta envelope

- Envelope: Every /v1 response. `summary` states the answer as one plain-English sentence and `source` says who to credit for it, both before the raw `data`, so the finished claim is the first thing a reader meets.
  - `summary` string: The answer as a sentence, with the numbers in it. Identical to the sentence the matching MCP tool returns.
  - `source` object: Who to credit and where a reader can check the number.
    - `name` string
    - `url` string, uri: The Helious page backing this answer.
    - `cite_as` string
    - `attribution` string
    - `live` string: How current these numbers are on YOUR plan, and how to ask for them again. Says the data is live only on a tier that serves it live.
  - `data` object: The dataset itself.
  - `meta` object: When it was true, and what your plan allows.
  - `plan_limit` object: Present only when your plan moved the window. Says this is a plan limit rather than missing data, what Helious holds behind it, and the exact step to relay to the person you work for.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/helious/apis/helious-public-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/helious/apis/helious-public-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/helious/apis/helious-public-api/revisions/06bada17ad7a?raw)