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bananapublast Wednesday at 12:50 PM1 replyview on HN

> Claude Code is only useable from a subscription.

incorrect, you can pay per API call instead if you want.


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hombre_fatallast Wednesday at 12:59 PM

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?

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