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Send non-urgent work to the Anthropic Batch API at 50% cost — directly from Claude Code

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Send Claude Code tasks to the Batch API at 50% off

by misker1·Feb 11, 2026·23 points·1 comment
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AI Analysis

●●SolidSolve My ProblemDark Horse

Route Claude Code work to Batch API; saves money if you don't need instant replies.

Strengths
  • •Solves a real pain point: Claude bills are high, Batch API exists but is friction-heavy
  • •MCP integration means zero context loss—Claude gathers the full prompt, ships it, polls results
Weaknesses
  • •Niche audience: only useful if you both use Claude Code daily AND have >$XXX/month bills
  • •30-60min latency disqualifies urgent work; unclear what portion of user tasks qualify
Target Audience

Claude users with high API bills, engineers doing code review and documentation work

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Anthropic Batch API (raw)

Post Description

Hey 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 codebase for security issues, Claude gathers all the context, builds a self-contained prompt, ships it to the Batch API via an MCP server, and you get notified in the status bar when it's done (optional).

The README has installation instructions, which were mainly generated by claude. I removed the curl | bash setup and at this stage of the project i feel more confident sharing the manual setup instructions.

My main hope with this project is to monetize it. Not by asking for money, rather I am hoping others have ideas or improvements to add and use those to save more on cost.

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