TL;DR Until November 16 (11:59 pm PT), Pro includes Fable for up to 50% of your weekly limit, with one reset. After that, every request comes out of usage credits: set a monthly limit on them in Settings > Usage, and don't leave Fable as the model your
claude -pscripts run on.
Fable 5.2 on the Pro plan doesn't count against your usage limit: it runs on usage credits, at API rates ($8 input and $40 output per million tokens). Launch week is an exception with an end date. Until November 16, 2026 at 11:59 pm PT, Pro and standard Team seats get it included for up to half their weekly limit. On the 17th the model is the same; what changes is who pays for each request.
What each plan includes
| Plan | Fable, outside the offer | Launch offer |
|---|---|---|
| Pro and standard Team seats | Usage credits from the first request | Included for up to 50% of the weekly limit, plus one reset. Until November 16, 2026, 11:59 pm PT |
| Max, Ultra and premium seats | Included for up to 50% of the weekly limit; after that, usage credits or another model | One to three resets, for under 6 months, 6 to 12, or more than 12 months subscribed. They expire March 8, 2027, 11:59 pm PT |
| Free | Not available | No offer |
The offer covers subscriptions paid before November 9 at 10:00 am PT. That 50% isn't extra capacity: it comes out of your usual weekly limit, so what you spend on Fable is no longer there for Opus or Sonnet. If you're weighing plans, here I compare Pro, Max and API.
Where you see it in Claude Code
These are the texts in v2.1.321, the first version that serves Fable 5.2:
- In
/model, the Fable row showsRequires usage creditswhen your plan bills it to credits. - When you pick it, Claude Code shows a consent prompt with two ways out:
Continue with usage credits, or go back to your default model. Dismiss it without choosing and you keep the model you had. - It asks once. After you choose to continue on usage credits, the prompt doesn't come back.
- When the included share runs out, the message is
You've reached your Fable limit.
Where it doesn't ask
The prompt lives in the interactive session. Everywhere else, it depends:
| Session | What Claude Code does |
|---|---|
| Interactive | Asks before billing |
| Remote Control, a background session or an agent team teammate | Waits five minutes (dialogExpiry). With no answer, it ends the turn without sending the request |
claude -p and Agent SDK apps that show no prompt |
Bills without asking |
The last row is the one that costs money. /model fable is saved to your user settings, so every later claude -p inherits Fable. A script that runs inside your plan today starts spending credits on the 17th without you changing anything.
The resets
The offer adds Fable limit resets. They live in Settings > Usage, with a button to spend them:
Redrawn from a screenshot of my account, with the labels translated from the Spanish interface: three resets, the number that goes with more than 12 months subscribed. On Pro you'll see one.
A reset gives back the Fable usage you've already spent. It doesn't raise the limit, and the 50% cap stays. The Pro one expires with the offer, on November 16.
What to do this week
1. Use it while it's included
/model fable
2. Check how far along you are. /usage shows your bars for the week. How to read each one.
3. Spend the reset before the 16th. Settings > Usage, then the button to reset for free. Unused, it expires.
4. Set a limit before you turn credits on
/usage-credits
The command opens Settings > Usage on claude.ai. In the usage credits section, Adjust limit sets a monthly spend cap. With no cap, /usage shows the credits row as Unlimited.
5. Pin another model in your scripts
claude -p --model sonnet "summarize the changes on this branch"
With --model on the command, the script stops depending on the model you have saved.
Official docs: Fable and usage credits · Fable 5.2 launch offers · Fable models on your plan
Requirements: Claude Code v2.1.321 or later and, for the included week, a Pro plan or a standard Team seat paid before November 9, 2026.
