Credit Metering

In depth

Billing model usage against a pool of consumable credits so that programmatic and interactive work draw from separate budgets. Anthropic's June 15, 2026 Agent SDK split is the reference case: Agent SDK calls, claude -p, and CI agent runs draw from a dedicated monthly credit while interactive Claude Code keeps using the normal subscription pool. Metering lets teams see and cap agent spend as distinct lanes instead of hiding it inside one flat subscription.