Claude is currently unlisted on laozhang.ai. For actual Claude access, choose an eligible direct, supported cloud, or organizational gateway path, then confirm its credentials, features, and backup plan.
As of October 10, 2026, heavy interactive Claude Code use is usually cheaper on Pro or Max than on API billing. Max's monthly API credits cover only automation.
Once you approve ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, Claude Code bills that key instead of your Pro or Max plan, and claude -p always uses it. /status shows which one pays.
As of October 10, 2026, no Claude Code coupon exists. Pro annual saves $40, bundles cut overflow credits up to 30%, and guest passes give 7 free days of Pro.
Pro is $20/month, Max 5x $100 and Max 20x $200. Max pays off when interruptions, Fable use or API spend already cost you more than the $80 or $180 gap.
A route-first operator guide to Claude Design, repo-scoped project skills, community UI/UX skills, and design-system stop rules.
The Claude API bills your own code per token; Claude Code runs on Pro, Max or an API key. Max's new monthly API credits don't cover interactive Claude Code.
Cloud session credit claims closed October 7, 2026; claimed balances still pay for cloud runs. Usage credits bill API rates; Max/Team API credits fund the API.
claude --dangerously-skip-permissions starts bypassPermissions. The --allow variant only enables mode selection; neither confines filesystem or network access. Use explicit modes and check how your surface restores sessions.
Use /statusline for a quick personal setup, or connect a small Python script for a configuration you can maintain. Test it with mock JSON before troubleshooting settings, update triggers, or Windows paths.
Claude Haiku 5.5 costs 1/20 of Sonnet 5.5 per input and output token but trails it on agentic coding. Move checkable work to Haiku; keep agents on Sonnet.
For direct Anthropic API access, set ANTHROPIC_API_KEY and approve it in the interactive CLI. Gateways need their own endpoint and credential; cloud providers and Desktop use separate configuration paths.
Start with GitHub for remote PR and issue context, Context7 for version-specific docs, Playwright for browser exploration, or Sentry for recurring incident work. Add the one capability your existing tools lack, and check a relevant returned result before adding another server.
Start with /context for session drift, check loaded instructions before editing memory, and verify Context7 authentication and returned docs before adding another server.
To use DeepSeek in Claude Code, choose OpenRouter's gateway or DeepSeek's Anthropic-compatible endpoint. Each needs its own key and model names; a successful reply alone does not confirm the model or coding-tool compatibility.
For an Opus 4.7 `top_p deprecated` error, omit sampling fields from the final request your client sends. Native Messages and Bedrock Converse put those fields in different places; keep the same model and task when checking the fix.
Start by locating the context growth: before a tool call, after a large result, or across repeated attempts. Then change discovery, output, or conversation history and verify that the same task still works.
Claude Code mods need terminal v2.1.287+ (Desktop v2.1.286+) and install as plugins. They run unsandboxed with your access, so run plugin validate first.
Sonnet 5.5 keeps Sonnet 5's $2/$10 token prices. On Artificial Analysis tests it costs less per task from low to xhigh effort and about 51% more at max.
Universal Modder is a free MIT toolkit that helps Claude Code mod PC games you own. The agent plan and fal assets cost extra: about $0.21 per default sprite.
Claude Code API Error 500 is a server-side failure, not your prompt or account. Check status, then retry, sign in again, or resume after checking finished work.
A slash command is an invocation interface; a skill packages reusable instructions; a hook runs at a lifecycle event. Custom commands now use the skills system, and /claude-api invokes the bundled Claude API skill.
"Rate limit reached" in Claude Code is usually a session, weekly, or Opus/Sonnet limit. Match the line, then resume in the same session without resending.
Run /usage for Claude Code's 5-hour session and weekly limits and their reset times. /status only shows account and model. Audit fast drain before upgrading.