Update from code changes: BYOK AI usage no longer uses credits

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Summary

Bring your own model deployments no longer consume Mintlify AI credits. The "How credits work" section on the BYOK page previously stated that AI usage still consumed credits at a reduced rate; it now explains that AI usage on a BYOK deployment consumes no credits and the provider bills for inference directly. Translations in es, fr, and zh are updated to match. Source PR: https://github.com/mintlify/server/pull/8089

Changes

• Rewrote the "How credits work" section on ai/bring-your-own-model.mdx to state that BYOK AI usage does not consume Mintlify credits.
• Updated the "Rotate or remove your key" section to note that disabling BYOK returns the deployment to standard credit consumption.
• Applied the same updates to the Spanish, French, and Chinese versions of the page.

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Note

Low Risk
Documentation-only updates to BYOK credit billing; no application or billing logic changes in this repo.

Overview
Bring your own model (BYOK) docs now state that AI usage on a BYOK-enabled deployment does not consume Mintlify credits, replacing the previous explanation that usage still drew credits at a reduced rate. The How credits work sections clarify direct provider billing, that charges do not appear in Mintlify usage, and that other org deployments still use the shared credit pool at the standard rate.

The Rotate or remove your key sections now explicitly say that disabling BYOK returns the deployment to default models and standard credit consumption for AI usage. The same copy changes are applied in Spanish, French, and Chinese bring-your-own-model pages.

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