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Use your Claude or ChatGPT plan, no API key

Your bots run on the AI plan you already pay for. No API keys and no new subscription.

By Sarthak Gupta · Updated

The short answer

AppuBot runs your bots on the AI account you're already signed in to on your computer: Claude Code with your Claude plan, Codex with your ChatGPT plan, or Cursor, Grok, GitHub Copilot or OpenCode with theirs. There's no API key to create, no AppuBot account and, during early access, nothing to pay AppuBot. The work counts toward your plan's usage, like using that AI yourself.

Settings, Usage in AppuBot: estimated cost, tokens and a chart per day, by model
See how much your AI plans were used, read on your own computer.

Which AI accounts does AppuBot work with?

AgentSigns in withMore
Claude CodeYour Claude plan (Pro, Max, team)Claude Code in AppuBot
CodexYour ChatGPT accountCodex in AppuBot
CursorYour Cursor accountCursor in AppuBot
GrokYour xAI accountGrok in AppuBot
GitHub CopilotYour GitHub accountCopilot in AppuBot
OpenCodeThe providers you connect in itOpenCode in AppuBot

More agents, such as Google's Antigravity, Goose and Kimi, can be added from the catalog in Settings › Agents.

Why no API key?

An API key bills you per use at developer prices, on top of any subscription you have. AppuBot avoids that by running the agents themselves, the same Claude Code or Codex you'd run on your own, with the sign-in they already have. So a bot uses the plan you pay for each month, and you never paste a secret key into AppuBot.

That also means the AI's own rules and limits apply as they do for you: if your plan has a weekly limit, your bots' work counts toward it. Settings › Usage shows how much each agent was used on this computer, by model and by day, with an estimated cost, read from your own computer and never sent anywhere.

How do I connect my account?

  1. Download AppuBot and open it.
  2. If you already use Claude Code, Codex or another agent here, AppuBot finds it and shows it as ready. If not, Settings › Agents shows each agent's own installer.
  3. Sign in once, with the agent's usual sign-in in your browser.
  4. Make a bot and pick its agent, model and how hard it thinks. Each bot can use a different one.

Can I use more than one account?

Yes. Add a second Claude Code or Codex account as a profile, for example "Work" and "Personal", sign in to it once, and choose per bot which one it uses. AppuBot also finds profiles you made in other apps and offers to add them.

Different bots can also use different agents altogether: one on your Claude plan, another on Copilot. A bot can move to another agent later and keep its name, job, memory and chats.

What leaves my computer?

What a bot sends to its own AI provider, Anthropic, OpenAI, Cursor, xAI or GitHub, exactly as when you use that AI yourself, plus anonymous usage counts for AppuBot (which features get used, never your messages, files or names). Your chats, files and memory stay on your computer; AppuBot has no servers holding them.

Which plan should I pick for my bots?

Start with the one you already pay for. A bot that answers a few questions a day barely moves the needle on any paid plan. Bots that work for hours, use computer use a lot or run many routines use more, and a bigger plan (Claude Max, ChatGPT Pro) gives them room.

If you hit a limit, the bot tells you, and you can move it to another agent or account in its settings without losing its memory or chats.

Sources

Facts about other products are from their makers’ pages as of 29 October 2026 and may have changed since. Product names are trademarks of their owners.

Questions

What if I don't have any AI plan yet?

Pick the agent you like and sign up for its plan, or try a free one: ChatGPT Free includes some Codex use and GitHub Copilot Free includes its agent, both with tighter limits.

Can I use my ChatGPT Plus plan with AppuBot?

Yes. Sign in to Codex with your ChatGPT account and pick Codex for a bot; OpenAI includes Codex on its ChatGPT plans, Plus among them.

Can I use my Claude Pro plan with AppuBot?

Yes. Pro and Max include Claude Code, and AppuBot runs Claude Code with your sign-in.

Does AppuBot cost anything?

No, not during early access: no account and no card. Paid plans come later; you keep paying only for your AI plan.

Does using bots count against my plan limits?

Yes. A bot's work is ordinary use of that agent, so it counts toward your plan like your own sessions.

Can I still use an API key if I want to?

Where the agent itself allows API-key sign-in, yes, and some agents from the catalog take a key in AppuBot. It's never required for the built-in agents.

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