> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.costgraph.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Blaxel

> Bring Blaxel cost into CostGraph, pulled by us or pushed by you

Blaxel runs agent infrastructure: micro-VM sandboxes, hosted agents, batch jobs, MCP servers, and volumes.

CostGraph reads the billed cost and usage Blaxel reports, as **FOCUS 1.2** records at a grain of one record per resource per billing dimension per day.

## Choose how the data reaches us

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="CostGraph pulls it" icon="cloud-arrow-down">
    You supply read-only credentials and we call Blaxel once a day. Nothing to run.
  </Card>

  <Card title="You push it" icon="cloud-arrow-up">
    You send us FOCUS records over the API. Credentials never leave your infrastructure.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Before you begin

* In the Blaxel console, go to **Profile > Security** and create an API key. Use a personal key from an account member: a service-account key only sees its own workspace.
* Copy the account id from the account settings.
* The connect form links to the page where you create this credential.

## Let CostGraph pull

1. Open **Settings > Integrations** and pick **Blaxel**.
2. Name the connection and pick the tenant these charges belong to.
3. Enter the values you copied. The form lists what Blaxel needs and marks the
   optional ones.
4. Select **Connect**.

CostGraph verifies the credentials with a short fetch before saving, so a wrong
value or a missing permission fails while you are still on the form.

<Note>
  Credentials are encrypted at rest and used only to read billing data. Revoke them in
  Blaxel at any time and the connection stops; nothing else is affected.
</Note>

## Push it yourself

Send the charges to CostGraph as FOCUS records instead. [Push FOCUS data](/costgraph/integrations/focus-push) covers the connection id,
the `focus:write` key, and the request shape.

## Run the exporter

```bash theme={null}
focus-exporter --provider blaxel --sink costgraph
```

Your Blaxel credential stays where you put it, and only the finished FOCUS records
reach CostGraph. [Run the exporter](/costgraph/integrations/exporter) covers the three
ways to run it and the variables it reads.

## What CostGraph does with it

Records land as raw billing rows, are normalised into line items, and roll up into
daily cost. From there Blaxel spend appears in Cost Overview and in anomaly
detection alongside every other provider.

## Managed sandboxes

The same Blaxel account can run CostGraph code changes. See [Managed sandboxes](/costgraph/workflows/managed-sandboxes).


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