Anthropic's coding agent for terminal, IDE, desktop and web that commits and opens PRs; included from $20 a month or billed per API token.
Developers who live in a terminal and want an agent that edits files, runs commands and drives git directly, with the same engine and CLAUDE.md config reachable from VS Code, JetBrains, a desktop app and the browser. It suits CI and scripting work, since it runs headless with -p, pipes input, and has published GitHub Actions and GitLab CI/CD paths for PR review and issue triage. Teams get per-user spend reporting, OpenTelemetry metrics and workspace spend limits.
Anyone who wants a flat, bounded monthly bill should look closely. Usage runs against a rolling five-hour window plus weekly limits shared with Claude chat, so a long agent session can stop mid-task until the window resets unless usage credits are switched on. Anthropic's own cost docs report an average of about $13 per developer per active day and $150-250 per developer per month across enterprise deployments, and state that agent teams use roughly 7x the tokens of a standard session, so the $20 Pro price is a floor not a ceiling. Individuals on Free, Pro and Max also need to check the training setting: Anthropic states it will train new models on data from those accounts when the setting is on, including Claude Code usage, with a 5-year retention period.
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It depends on the account. Anthropic states that commercial users on Team, Enterprise, API, third-party platforms and Claude Gov are not used to train generative models, unless the customer opts in through something like the Development Partner Program. On consumer Free, Pro and Max accounts, Anthropic says it will train new models on your data when the setting is on, including Claude Code usage, with 5-year retention instead of 30 days.
You see a session or weekly limit message that names the reset time, and because the window is seat-based across all models, switching model with /model does not restore access. A model-specific limit, such as an Opus limit, can be worked around by switching families. If usage credits are turned on, /usage-credits buys more; recent versions can also wait and resume the interrupted task automatically after reset.
Subscription prices start at $20 a month for Pro billed monthly, $17 on annual billing, with Max from $100 and Team seats at $20 or $100 depending on tier. If you pay per API token instead, Anthropic's docs report an average around $13 per developer per active day and $150-250 per developer per month across enterprise deployments, with 90% of users staying under $30 per active day.
Yes. The docs state it works directly with git: staging changes, writing commit messages, creating branches and opening pull requests, including from a headless CI call such as translating strings and raising a PR for review. GitHub Actions, GitHub Code Review and GitLab CI/CD cover automated review and issue triage, and a Slack mention can turn a bug report into a pull request.
Facts sourced from the vendor’s own site, last verified 2026-10-10.
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