{"version":"2.1.79","anchor":"claudeai-cli-flag-in-development","canonical_anchor":"claudeai-cli-flag-in-development","heading":"--claudeai CLI Flag [In Development]","tier":null,"area":null,"scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.79\/e\/claudeai-cli-flag-in-development","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.79","markdown":"### `--claudeai` CLI Flag [In Development]\n\n**What**\n\nA new `--claudeai` flag appears alongside a billing selection flow that lets users choose between \"Use Anthropic Console (API usage billing)\" and \"Use Claude subscription (default)\".\n\n**Status**\n\nFeature-flagged \u2014 the web-setup flow it ties into is gated behind `tengu_cobalt_lantern` (defaults to false).\n\n**Details**\n\n- Error message added: \"Error: --console and --claudeai cannot be used together\"\n- Suggests this is infrastructure for a Claude web\/subscription billing path alternative to API key billing\n\n**Evidence**\n\nBilling mode selection (search for `\"--claudeai\"` and `\"Use Anthropic Console\"`)\n\n- Flag `tengu_cobalt_lantern`: On for this account, and not off by default (read for one account on one subscription tier against v2.1.79; this account: on, anonymous baseline: on, compiled default: no gate table built for this version) These values were read against a different version of Claude Code, so treat them as the nearest reading available instead of one taken on this release."}