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Anyone else have a bunch of fun with Claude Code's Github integration... until you realized it spends from your API wallet balance? Oops, when I saw the /insta

Anyone else have a bunch of fun with Claude Code's Github integration... until you realized it spends from your API wallet balance? Oops, when I saw the /install-github-app command, I assumed that since I'm on a max plan and Claude Code in my terminal is free, then the Github integration would be free. So I hooked it up to my repo and tagged @claude in everything. It was a lot of fun tagging it in backburner issues and seeing it solve issues I couldn't be bothered to do for years. Or just seeing what it would come up with on really low effort poorly explained issues. But not worth spending 50+ cents every time.

sokoloff 1y ago
On one hand, it violated the principle of least surprise. On another hand, you solved several years-old issues for under $50…which seems like a big win.
shmoogy 1y ago
You can use your max plan ( https://github.com/grll/claude-code-action https://github.com/grll/claude-code-action ) Currently in gray area but allowed as per anthropic comment on it - https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action/issues/4#issuecomment-2920787612 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action/issues/4#is...
- hombre_fatal 1y ago
  Oh, thanks! You didn't go digging that up just for me, did you? I'll try it out right now.
  - shmoogy 1y ago
    I had it in my Karakeep bookmarks of things to try in the coming weeks.
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csomar 1y ago
> Anyone else have a bunch of fun with Claude Code's Github integration... until you realized it spends from your API wallet balance? Isn't Claude and Anthropic API two separate platforms? How does it spend from your other account?
- hombre_fatal 1y ago
  No. https://console.anthropic.com/settings/billing https://console.anthropic.com/settings/billing
  - csomar 1y ago
    What's that link supposed to show? It shows my anthropic account and billing. My claude account and billing (with different payment details) is at https://claude.ai/settings/billing https://claude.ai/settings/billing
    - hombre_fatal 1y ago
      I see what you mean. Anthropic's UI and system organization are always very confusing. Your link and my link are just two views into the same underlying account (unless you registered separate accounts of course). At your link, you can manage your Claude subscription. At my link, you can manage API keys and API credits. But they aren't siloed like you (or I) think. I got Claude Code when it launched and it always charged API credits until it was included in the $100 max subscription (and then in the cheap base subscription). It moves fast and it's not well communicated.
mwigdahl 1y ago
Addressing those issues wasn't worth $0.50 apiece? That almost certainly translates into less than a _minute_ of fully loaded engineering cost from a human.
- hombre_fatal 1y ago
  A lot of it was from the default behavior of Claude re-reviewing a PR on every commit. It also just psychologically just saps the fun out of something when there's a fee attached per invocation. And the UX is that I buy $50 of API credits, time passes, and then it breaks because I have to refill it again. If it were literally a "fix issue for 50 cents" button that charges you 50 cents and that's that, then it would be different. But instead your API credits drain and you can't evaluate if it was worth it.

sokoloff 1y ago

On one hand, it violated the principle of least surprise. On another hand, you solved several years-old issues for under $50…which seems like a big win.

shmoogy 1y ago

You can use your max plan ( https://github.com/grll/claude-code-action https://github.com/grll/claude-code-action ) Currently in gray area but allowed as per anthropic comment on it - https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action/issues/4#issuecomment-2920787612 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action/issues/4#is...

hombre_fatal 1y ago
Oh, thanks! You didn't go digging that up just for me, did you? I'll try it out right now.
- shmoogy 1y ago
  I had it in my Karakeep bookmarks of things to try in the coming weeks.

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csomar 1y ago

> Anyone else have a bunch of fun with Claude Code's Github integration... until you realized it spends from your API wallet balance? Isn't Claude and Anthropic API two separate platforms? How does it spend from your other account?

hombre_fatal 1y ago
No. https://console.anthropic.com/settings/billing https://console.anthropic.com/settings/billing
- csomar 1y ago
  What's that link supposed to show? It shows my anthropic account and billing. My claude account and billing (with different payment details) is at https://claude.ai/settings/billing https://claude.ai/settings/billing
  - hombre_fatal 1y ago
    I see what you mean. Anthropic's UI and system organization are always very confusing. Your link and my link are just two views into the same underlying account (unless you registered separate accounts of course). At your link, you can manage your Claude subscription. At my link, you can manage API keys and API credits. But they aren't siloed like you (or I) think. I got Claude Code when it launched and it always charged API credits until it was included in the $100 max subscription (and then in the cheap base subscription). It moves fast and it's not well communicated.

mwigdahl 1y ago

Addressing those issues wasn't worth $0.50 apiece? That almost certainly translates into less than a _minute_ of fully loaded engineering cost from a human.

hombre_fatal 1y ago
A lot of it was from the default behavior of Claude re-reviewing a PR on every commit. It also just psychologically just saps the fun out of something when there's a fee attached per invocation. And the UX is that I buy $50 of API credits, time passes, and then it breaks because I have to refill it again. If it were literally a "fix issue for 50 cents" button that charges you 50 cents and that's that, then it would be different. But instead your API credits drain and you can't evaluate if it was worth it.