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Complete companion repo for "Your First Hour with Claude Code" article.
Includes step-by-step prompts, example output, troubleshooting, and cost guide.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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What Claude Code Costs

Subscription Plans

Plan	Price	Best For
Pro	$20/month	Trying Claude Code, casual use, learning
Max 5x	$100/month	Regular daily use, side projects
Max 20x	$200/month	Heavy professional use, full workdays

All plans include access to Claude Code in terminal, VS Code, desktop app, and browser.

Which Plan to Start With

Pro at $20/month. It gives you enough usage to complete this entire guide and explore for a few weeks. If you hit usage limits, you will see a message telling you to wait or upgrade. Nothing breaks, nothing gets charged extra.

API Access (Alternative)

If you prefer pay-per-use instead of a subscription:

Average cost: about $6 per day for typical use
90% of users spend less than $12 per day
You pay for exactly what you use, nothing when idle
Requires setting up an Anthropic API key

The subscription is simpler and almost always cheaper for regular use. API access makes more sense for automation and CI/CD pipelines.

What Uses More Tokens (and Costs More)

Long sessions without clearing context
Reading very large files
Running many tools in a row (complex multi-file changes)
Using Opus model instead of Sonnet for every task

What Uses Less

Starting fresh sessions for new tasks (/clear)
Giving clear, specific prompts
Using Sonnet for routine tasks (rename, format, simple bugs)
Keeping CLAUDE.md concise (under 200 lines)

Bottom Line

For this guide, any plan works. Pro is the safest way to start. You can upgrade later if you use it daily.

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