About The Limits Cheat Sheet
You are not being charged per message. You are being charged for how heavy each message is — and the heaviest thing in any chat is the chat itself.
This free 2-page A4 PDF is every rule Anthropic actually publishes about Claude's usage limits, with the help-article number printed beside each line so you can check every single one yourself.
Page 1 — how it actually works
- The two clocks: the 5-hour session limit, and the separate weekly limit almost nobody knows about
- The one nobody tells you: every turn re-sends the entire conversation, so message 40 is carrying messages 1 through 39
- It is all one pot: the web app, Claude Code and the desktop app all draw on the same limit
- The four things that actually drive your usage
- The model tax: Opus vs Sonnet vs Haiku, in Anthropic's own words
- Every plan and price, quoted exactly
Page 2 — make it go further
- The 8 moves that stretch the plan you already pay for. Numbers 1 and 2 are worth more than the other six combined
- Your 60-second setup checklist
- Where to watch your real usage
- What happens when you run out, and what it costs
- What I will not tell you: no "unlimited Claude", no invented multipliers
Every claim is sourced to support.claude.com or anthropic.com. Nothing here is a hack or a workaround.
From @claude.unlocked on Instagram. Independent education, not affiliated with Anthropic.
