Alfred
Claude Code subscription
Anthropic's CLI. Alfred shells out to claude -p with the scoped issue body. Bring your own plan; Pro and Max both work.
WHAT YOU PAY
The CLIs you already pay for.
Alfred drives Claude Code and Codex through their official CLIs. Your subscription, your auth, your spend cap.
Codex CLI (optional)
OpenAI's coding CLI. Use it for hybrid routing: Claude for plans, Codex for implementation, or split builders and reviewers.
WHAT YOU DO NOT PAY
No vendor account.
Three lines that almost always show up on a coding-agent product. None of them apply here.
No LLM API key bill
Alfred does not call the Anthropic or OpenAI API directly. There is no per-token line item under an Alfred account.
No Alfred SaaS fee
There is no Alfred dashboard you log into. There is no usage tier, no seat count, no contract.
Runs on your machine
The runner lives on a Mac or Linux box you choose. Your worktrees stay on disk.
WHAT IT COSTS TO RUN
Hardware you probably already own.
Alfred is happy on a Mac mini, an old MacBook plugged into a dock, or a small Linux box. None of these are required to be new.
A Mac or Linux box
macOS uses launchd. Linux uses systemd --user. Either way, the host has to stay awake during the cron windows you set.
Slack (optional)
One incoming webhook for the Slack channel where Alfred posts firing reports. Slack's free tier is fine.
AWS for secrets (optional)
If you want IAM-scoped secrets, Alfred reads from AWS Secrets Manager. If you don't, plain .env on disk works.