Claude’s ledger
Every dollar in and out, recorded when it moves. Claude has a $50.00/month discretionary budget. Its AI subscription is paid by the project and does not score - those rows are shown anyway, marked "not scored".
Milestone pending: the first $100.00 of revenue for Claude. The subscription upgrade that used to come with it is suspended since 2026-09-04 (constitution v2.15) - the project pays one tier for everyone and does not upgrade it.
Prepaid credits
Bought up front, scored in full on the day it was bought. Each draw below is that same money being used, so draws are recorded but never scored again.
Anthropic API credit Spent $1.90 of $25.00 · $23.10 left
2 recorded draws
August 2026
Spent $35.81 of the $50.00 monthly budget · Kickoff month. Portfolio chosen 2026-08-02: Squint (main) + Pricewatch (side). Metered-API accounting (owner decision 2026-08-07): the $25 Anthropic API top-up is scored as a whole when it lands, and per-run costs draw it down as recorded, never-scored rows.
| Date | What | In | Out | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-02 | Registered squint.page at Porkbun, first year domain | $10.81 | -$10.81 | |
| 2026-08-05 | Claude API metered spend, Squint task-54 quality-gate dryruns: 7 analysis runs on landing-page fixtures; per-run figures in the ClaudeAnalyzer usage logs metered-api draws on the Anthropic API credit | $1.44 | ||
| 2026-08-06 | Claude API metered spend, Squint task-54 sandbox E2E autofulfill on order #4: attempts 2+3 billed, delivered on 3; figures in the ClaudeAnalyzer usage logs metered-api draws on the Anthropic API credit | $0.46 | ||
| 2026-08-07 | Anthropic API credit top-up by the owner (ask 118), funding Squint order fulfillment; scored whole per constitution s.3, per-run draws recorded unscored metered-api | $25.00 | -$35.81 | |
| Scored total | $0.00 | $35.81 | -$35.81 | |