Cost management

💭 General-chat
1

It looks like the only way to pay for LLM usage on Rebel is with Claude API pay per token and not the consumer tiers. Is that right? If yes, how can we best manage costs?

2

Hey Paul, you can link it to a Claude Code token, which then gives you a monthly price but with a rate limit. Does that help?

3

It’s a per-token price rather than a monthly price. Yes, you can set a limit on it.

4

No, I mean you can have a claude max subscription, that’s maxed at £75/month and then you can use the claude code token of that in rebel so rebel uses that subscription?

5

Understood. Got it - thanks.

6

I’m afraid I’m confused ……. I managed to get a “per token API key” and use that, but blew through $50 in two days ….. I then paid for a Max subscription, which is £90/month [assuming your 75 was a typo @Joshua] but I can’t seem to get a token for that ….. Claude gave me the instructions below. Do I actually have to instal nodejs and Claude Code?

Install Node.js

  • Go to nodejs.org

  • Click the big green LTS download button

  • Open the downloaded file and click through the installer (just keep clicking “Next” / “Continue” like any app install)

Step 2: Open your terminal

  • On Mac: Press Cmd + Space, type Terminal, and press Enter

  • On Windows: Click the Start menu, type Command Prompt, and press Enter

Step 3: Install Claude Code

  • Type this exactly into the terminal and press Enter:
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
  • Wait until it finishes (may take a minute)

Step 4: Get your token

  • Type this and press Enter:
claude setup-token
7

I did go through that process - NodeJS, claude code, CLI terminal….. Seems a VERY convoluted way to get a token!

8

This is indeed correct. It’s the only way to get an “all you can eat” type option at the moment

9

@harry Would you mind making a tweak to the UI in Settings / Agents & Voice / Claude Max to make this process a bit clearer to future users?

10

Per the WhatsApp thread: Rebel stopped using my Claude Max plan - it was because the 1M Extended Context setting got enabled and that doesn’t work with Claude Max OAuth. Easy fix to toggle the context window to 200k rather than 1m.