Comment by hombre_fatal
14 days ago
TFA says:
> Pro and Max plan subscribers have access to use Claude Code directly in the terminal.
Claude Code can spend from your API balance, but you still need a subscription to authenticate with the @anthropic-ai/claude-code tool.
Or has that changed and it's not being communicated well here?
because it's a document in the "Max Plan" section of their website.
https://www.anthropic.com/claude-code explains you can pay per token or pay monthly.
they are definitely not doing a good job on the release - that page doesn't mention Pro including it, and it's not actually available on Pro yet for half a dozen posters on this thread.
Hmm, I stand corrected.
I remember needing a subscription just to authenticate with the Claude Code tool (at least when it came out) even though it spends from my API balance kinda felt like a scam.
I wonder how the pricing works out between using Opus in Claude Code pay-as-you-go vs the $100/mo plan. All I remember is easily spending $25 in a Claude Code session if I let the context stay too big. So maybe the sub isn't a bad deal.