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Add a 5 hour timer so that us with MAX subs can know when to come back to our Opus work. I like it. thanks for the effort.

by serf 1y ago

caleblloyd 1y ago
Thinking of switching from API access to Max 20x tomorrow for a more consistent bill. Been using $50-100 of Opus tokens through API access per day. Think I’ll hit the Max 20x limits and get put in timeout? I wish Max could automatically overflow to API access when it times out so I would need to have token anxiety.
- Syzygies 1y ago
  I moved to Max after projecting a $2,000 annual API bill. I haven't yet hit five hour limits, but login/ toggles easily between plans. I believe the interface tells you when you've hit a limit, but as I said I don't know first hand.
- SatvikBeri 1y ago
  According to CCUsage, I hit limits on Opus usage around the equivalent of $150. If we naively extrapolate, that suggests about $600 of Opus usage per session on Max 20x.
collin128 1y ago
Can you help me understand how that works? I thought you needed an API key to work with Claude Code
- mikebannister 1y ago
  They give you Claude Code usage on all the paid plans now. A certain amount of usage is shared between Chat and Code.
  - agotterer 1y ago
    Not all paid plans, just Max. Pro doesn’t get access to Claude Code.
    - jfim 1y ago
      This changed recently (like a day ago or so), pro has access to Claude code now. They mention it's for "light coding work" on the pro plan: https://support.anthropic.com/en/articles/11145838-using-claude-code-with-your-pro-or-max-plan https://support.anthropic.com/en/articles/11145838-using-cla...
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      - saratogacx 1y ago
        Also Sonnet only, no Opus. That being said it lets you use the included stuff and easily switch to metered if you need to use a different model or you burn through your included allotment.
bizzleDawg 1y ago
I was thinking that on this, folks need a cron task to run a trivial prompt at 5-6am and get that 5hr timer running so that it the majority of the quota is available in the working day morning, and then a new 5hr block starts around lunch time. This should maximise use of included tokens by a standard work day spanning 3 blocks rather than 2
- diggan 1y ago
  Also useful for paid APIs like DeepSeek's, where they have cheaper inference price (50%/75% off) for UTC 16:30-00:30, so being able to schedule some stuff you know would take a ton of tokens for that time period would make sense.
- 1ucky 1y ago
  It hard resets limits every 5 hours instead of a sliding window?
  - mceachen 1y ago
    That’s what their usage warning prompts seem to indicate.

Add a 5 hour timer so that us with MAX subs can know when to come back to our Opus work. I like it. thanks for the effort.

by serf 1y ago

Add a 5 hour timer so that us with MAX subs can know when to come back to our Opus work. I like it. thanks for the effort.

caleblloyd 1y ago

Thinking of switching from API access to Max 20x tomorrow for a more consistent bill. Been using $50-100 of Opus tokens through API access per day. Think I’ll hit the Max 20x limits and get put in timeout? I wish Max could automatically overflow to API access when it times out so I would need to have token anxiety.

Syzygies 1y ago
I moved to Max after projecting a $2,000 annual API bill. I haven't yet hit five hour limits, but login/ toggles easily between plans. I believe the interface tells you when you've hit a limit, but as I said I don't know first hand.
SatvikBeri 1y ago
According to CCUsage, I hit limits on Opus usage around the equivalent of $150. If we naively extrapolate, that suggests about $600 of Opus usage per session on Max 20x.

collin128 1y ago

Can you help me understand how that works? I thought you needed an API key to work with Claude Code

mikebannister 1y ago
They give you Claude Code usage on all the paid plans now. A certain amount of usage is shared between Chat and Code.
- agotterer 1y ago
  Not all paid plans, just Max. Pro doesn’t get access to Claude Code.
  - jfim 1y ago
    This changed recently (like a day ago or so), pro has access to Claude code now. They mention it's for "light coding work" on the pro plan: https://support.anthropic.com/en/articles/11145838-using-claude-code-with-your-pro-or-max-plan https://support.anthropic.com/en/articles/11145838-using-cla...
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    - saratogacx 1y ago
      Also Sonnet only, no Opus. That being said it lets you use the included stuff and easily switch to metered if you need to use a different model or you burn through your included allotment.

bizzleDawg 1y ago

I was thinking that on this, folks need a cron task to run a trivial prompt at 5-6am and get that 5hr timer running so that it the majority of the quota is available in the working day morning, and then a new 5hr block starts around lunch time. This should maximise use of included tokens by a standard work day spanning 3 blocks rather than 2

diggan 1y ago
Also useful for paid APIs like DeepSeek's, where they have cheaper inference price (50%/75% off) for UTC 16:30-00:30, so being able to schedule some stuff you know would take a ton of tokens for that time period would make sense.
1ucky 1y ago
It hard resets limits every 5 hours instead of a sliding window?
- mceachen 1y ago
  That’s what their usage warning prompts seem to indicate.