Codemcp – Claude Code for Claude Pro subscribers – ditch API bills
Hi all! I normally work on the PyTorch project but I've been on baby leave for the past month, so I've been playing around with AI as a user rather than a framework implementor. I really liked the agent experience with Claude Code, but I couldn't really justify spending so many dollars on API costs for random side projects. I already pay for a Claude Pro subscription though, and it turns out you can simulate many of Claude Code's features with an MCP. If you have a Pro subscription, check this out! I think it really captures the Claude Code experience quite well, without forcing you to pay…
Codemcp – Claude Code for Claude Pro subscribers – ditch API bills launched on March 13, 2025 with 172 votes, #238 of 7,215 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
Codemcp is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) tool for Claude Pro subscribers that replicates Claude Code's agentic features without API costs. It enables users with existing Pro subscriptions to run code-related tasks and projects locally without incurring additional fees. The tool is designed for developers who want Claude's code assistance experience but prefer to avoid paying per-API-call charges for side projects and experimentation.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
Coding assistant MCP for Claude Desktop. Contribute to ezyang/codemcp development by creating an account on GitHub.
NOTICE: claude code is available with Anthropic's $20/mo subscription, so I consider codemcp fully obsolete. However, there are some good design ideas (especially around the Git-versioning scheme) that I eventually want to port into the current generation of agentic coding clis. Make Claude Desktop a pair programming assistant by installing codemcp. With it, you can directly ask Claude to implement features, fix bugs and do refactors on a codebase on your computer; Claude will directly edit files and run tests. Say goodbye to copying code in and out of Claude's chat window! It's intended to be used with Claude Pro , Anthropic's $20/mo subscription offering. I like paying for my usage with a…from github.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi all! I normally work on the PyTorch project but I've been on baby leave for the past month, so I've been playing around with AI as a user rather than a framework implementor. I really liked the agent experience with Claude Code, but I couldn't really justify spending so many dollars on API costs for random side…
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Send Claude Code tasks to the Batch API at 50% offFeb 2026 · github.com · ▲23Hey HN. I built this because my Anthropic API bills were getting out of hand (spoiler: they remain high even with this, batch is not a magic bullet). 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. How it works: you type /batch review this…
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