diff --git a/apps/api/src/services/credits-client.ts b/apps/api/src/services/credits-client.ts
index 530bbd5..db743ef 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/services/credits-client.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/services/credits-client.ts
@@ -39,27 +39,32 @@ export class CreditsClient {
 	/**
 	 * Reserviert Credits — `commit` oder `refund-reservation` muss
 	 * folgen. Pattern für teure asynchrone Operationen.
+	 *
+	 * Verifiziert gegen mana-credits internalReserveSchema (2026-05-19):
+	 * camelCase-Felder, appId Pflicht seit Verein-Konsolidierung
+	 * 2026-05-05. Korrektur vom 2026-05-19 (vorher snake_case — wäre
+	 * 400 geworden, fiel nur nicht auf weil Paid-Decks dormant sind).
 	 */
 	async reserve(input: { userId: string; amount: number; reason: string }) {
 		const r = await fetch(`${CREDITS_URL}/api/v1/internal/credits/reserve`, {
 			method: 'POST',
 			headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', ...authHeader() },
 			body: JSON.stringify({
-				user_id: input.userId,
+				userId: input.userId,
 				amount: input.amount,
 				reason: input.reason,
-				app_id: 'cards',
+				appId: 'wordeck',
 			}),
 		});
 		if (!r.ok) throw new Error(`mana-credits reserve ${r.status}`);
-		return r.json() as Promise<{ reservation_id: string }>;
+		return r.json() as Promise<{ reservationId: string; balance: number }>;
 	}
 
-	async commit(reservationId: string) {
+	async commit(reservationId: string, description?: string) {
 		const r = await fetch(`${CREDITS_URL}/api/v1/internal/credits/commit`, {
 			method: 'POST',
 			headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', ...authHeader() },
-			body: JSON.stringify({ reservation_id: reservationId }),
+			body: JSON.stringify({ reservationId, description }),
 		});
 		if (!r.ok) throw new Error(`mana-credits commit ${r.status}`);
 		return r.json();
@@ -69,11 +74,39 @@ export class CreditsClient {
 		const r = await fetch(`${CREDITS_URL}/api/v1/internal/credits/refund-reservation`, {
 			method: 'POST',
 			headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', ...authHeader() },
-			body: JSON.stringify({ reservation_id: reservationId }),
+			body: JSON.stringify({ reservationId }),
 		});
 		if (!r.ok) throw new Error(`mana-credits refund ${r.status}`);
 		return r.json();
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gewährt Credits an einen User (Author-Payout). `referenceId` ist
+	 * Pflicht (Reconcile-Anker), `reason` max 64 chars.
+	 *
+	 * Reason-Konvention: `wordeck.payout.<purchase_id>`.
+	 */
+	async grant(input: {
+		userId: string;
+		amount: number;
+		reason: string;
+		referenceId: string;
+		description?: string;
+	}) {
+		const r = await fetch(`${CREDITS_URL}/api/v1/internal/credits/grant`, {
+			method: 'POST',
+			headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', ...authHeader() },
+			body: JSON.stringify({
+				userId: input.userId,
+				amount: input.amount,
+				reason: input.reason,
+				referenceId: input.referenceId,
+				description: input.description,
+			}),
+		});
+		if (!r.ok) throw new Error(`mana-credits grant ${r.status}`);
+		return r.json() as Promise<{ grantId: string }>;
+	}
 }
 
 let cached: CreditsClient | null = null;