You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Usage & LimitsArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.323,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
Claude Code includes guidance that Claude uses when helping you sign in to the Claude API. That guidance now says:
API usage is billed to your Console organization, never to a claude.ai plan.
Max, Ultra and Team plans include monthly API credits, which you claim on claude.ai.
After a credit-balance error, you can switch organization with ant auth login --profile <name>.
It used to say only that a claude.ai plan does not cover API usage.
Why
Claude now gives more accurate advice about API billing, including that some plans come with credits and how to move to an organization that has them.
How sure we are
One source agreesOne thing we can check says the same as this entry.
Anthropic's release notes agreeFixed an expired claude.ai login showing "Credit balance too low" when a saved Console key or ant auth login profile without credit was used…
