Use a Proxy When
- You want to charge users through your own billing system, in dollars, credits, or subscription tiers — with or without markup.
- You need to whitelist or blocklist specific Monid endpoints.
- You want to validate or transform every request and response.
- Users shouldn’t need a Monid account of their own.
- You want Monid to feel like a native part of your product.
Skip a Proxy When
- Users should own their Monid account and pay Monid directly.
- You don’t want to operate any backend infrastructure.
Examples
Calendar app that runs Monid tools during scheduling
Calendar app that runs Monid tools during scheduling
A calendar app installs the Monid Skill into its agent and points
MONID_API_BASE_URL at its proxy. The agent asks Monid to enrich meeting attendees; the proxy validates the request, charges the user credits from the app’s own wallet, and forwards approved calls to Monid.Vertical SaaS with curated tools
Vertical SaaS with curated tools
A legal research SaaS only wants a handful of Monid endpoints exposed to its users. Its proxy blocklists everything else and adds a 20% markup on Monid’s per‑result pricing.
Enterprise deployment with audit logging
Enterprise deployment with audit logging
An enterprise product logs every Monid request and response for compliance, redacts PII before it leaves the network, and enforces per‑department rate limits — all inside its proxy — before forwarding to Monid.