Show HN: Send Claude Code tasks to the Batch API at 50% off(github.com)
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Show HN: Send Claude Code tasks to the Batch API at 50% off
https://github.com/s2-streamstore/claude-batch-toolkit
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TIL there's a batch API.. This seems like something a lot of AFK coders should be using.
The pattern for those users is typically they would set some kind of token budget, but their agent would still try to burn through those tokens as quickly as possible, rather than a more sensible "do this at your own leisure over the next ~8 hours".
Looking forward to further commodification of LLM usage in the future to make it more affordable. Batch APIs and more freedom over scheduling/priorities/deadlines seems like the more sustainable approach to driving costs down.
The pattern for those users is typically they would set some kind of token budget, but their agent would still try to burn through those tokens as quickly as possible, rather than a more sensible "do this at your own leisure over the next ~8 hours".
Looking forward to further commodification of LLM usage in the future to make it more affordable. Batch APIs and more freedom over scheduling/priorities/deadlines seems like the more sustainable approach to driving costs down.
I use Claude Code daily for software design and infra work (terraform, code reviews, docs). Many Terminal tabs, many questions. I realised some questions are ok to wait on and with that comes some cost savings. So here is a small MCP that lets you send work directly to Anthropic's Batch API from inside Claude Code, for the same quality responses just 50% cheaper, results come back in ~30min-1hr.