Fable usage depends on your plan.
Know which budget you are using.
- Max and premium seatsFable 5 and 5.1 can use up to 50% of the regular weekly allowance on Max, Team premium and seat-based Enterprise premium.
- Pro and standard seatsFable uses usage credits on Pro, Team standard and seat-based Enterprise standard.
- Beyond included usageContinue with credits or choose another Claude model where your plan still has capacity.
Terms checked September 12, 2026. Official Fable documentation.
Keep account-level spending settings and session budgets in view. tokenkarma blocks the Claude Code spend per session, per day or per week, before the prompt runs.
Included usage or credits?
Check your plan and seat type before starting a long Fable session. The earlier promotion ended on July 19, 2026; it is not the current entitlement rule. Official Fable documentation.
Anthropic caps it monthly. You can block it per session.
Anthropic's spend controls on usage credits are account-wide and monthly: a spending cap, auto-reload, alerts. Nothing per session, per day or per week. tokenkarma adds the missing granularity for Claude Code, where the heaviest Fable 5 spend lives: one command caps this session's extra usage, counted from now, and the prompt that would cross the line is blocked before it spends.
Claude Code ┌─ 🛡 tokenkarma ───────────────────────────────
│ 🔴 EXTRA USAGE — limits armed
│ /tokenkarma session|day|week <usd>
│
│ Session $0.38 / $20.00
│ █░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 2%
│ Day no limit
│ Week no limit
│ Extra usage this month 178.26 / 500.00 EUR
│ ███████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 36%
│
│ ⛔ 1 block today
└─ ⚡ /tokenkarma 20 · /tokenkarma menu ─────────One spending cap, applied per month. Nothing per session, per day or per week. When the credits run out, Fable 5 stops mid-session.
A cap on Claude Code spend per session, per day, per week or per month. The prompt is blocked before it spends, at the number you chose.
Blocked before it spends. Resend the same prompt to pass anyway. You stay in charge.
Anthropic controls as documented in Anthropic’s own support articles on extra usage and spending limits, verified July 2026.
Seeing is free: every plan gets the protection panel and the live extra-usage burn. The caps themselves are an Expert feature. The daily gesture and the full command family are on the /tokenkarma command page; the full comparison table is on the cap page.
Frequently asked questions
Is Fable included in my Claude plan?
It depends on your plan and seat type. Max and eligible premium seats include limited Fable usage; Pro and standard seats use credits. Official Fable documentation
Is Fable usage a separate bonus budget?
No. Included Fable usage draws from your regular weekly allowance.
Can I keep an eye on my usage?
tokenkarma keeps the usage and reset times reported by your connected account in view on Mac and Windows. Available counters depend on the provider and your plan.
Know what Fable 5 is costing you, live
tokenkarma shows the extra-usage burn in your menu bar and blocks the Claude Code spend at the number you chose: per session, per day, per week.
Requires macOS 13 or later and an Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or newer).Intel Macs are not supported.
For Mac and Windows. Connect your accounts with the browser extension.
Independent of Anthropic. Plan terms checked September 12, 2026; see the official source above for current conditions.