API-first creative engine trial for NZ Agency.
- Tool: FAL API
- Trial start: 2026-05-23
- Review date: 2026-06-23
- Spend: $20 prepaid credits bought by Neil
- Billing: prepaid / no auto top-up
- Status: active trial
Test whether FAL materially improves creative production for:
- premium website/app visuals
- 3D-style hero imagery
- image-to-video tests
- UGC-style assets
- product/app motion concepts
- creative variants for Novira, TruWell, Bellamarque, Apex, HomePulse, and TaxSmart
- Do not commit API keys.
- FAL key lives locally in
.secrets/fal.envin the OpenClaw workspace. - Track every useful generation in
logs/usage-log.md. - Judge by cost per usable asset, not number of generations.
- No auto top-up until Neil approves.