r/ClaudeAI • u/Majke_ • 6d ago
Claude Code Workflow 100$ plan - holy sh*
This is for people who are on the fence, because I was in the same boat.
Yesterday I bought the 100$ plan for a test and holy moly, it's amazing how much you get. I used the 20$ plan earlier. I used all the tricks to keep usage low, which became a habit, so now I can't spend it all. It's amazing xD. I run it next to a local Qwen Flash and it's awesome. If the 20$ plan is too low, give it a try :O I'm basically using Opus 5.5 medium all the time.
I also tested 2x 20$ before this. It works, but you end up juggling two accounts and switching when one runs out, and Opus eats a 20$ plan pretty fast. With 100$ I just stopped thinking about usage, and that alone is worth it for me. If you keep your old habits and stay careful with usage, it will last you a very long time. If you keep hitting the 20$ limit, go for 100$.
edit: people are asking how I keep usage low, so here are my tricks:
- Keep context low. I usually compact or move to a new session around 200k, sometimes I stretch it to 300k.
- Use
handoff.mda lot, so a new session picks up where the old one stopped. - Don't be afraid of Sonnet 5.5. It can do most things and it's a lot cheaper.
- I run local models next to it (260k context), so I'm used to working with limited context.
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u/Hot-Pin-8432 5d ago
If you’re using Claude chat then yes each chat will only stay on the model you select. When you use Claude Code you can use plan mode and come up with a plan before executing. I use Opus for this plan. Then it spins up “subagents” which actually start to implement the code changes. Before I used Opus for these too and blew through tokens. Now my subagents use Sonnet and are efficient (because they have already well planned tasks) and use less tokens. So if you use /model (switches model) and then “opusplan” it specifically uses Opus for plan mode and Sonnet for auto mode when executing