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Users can spend up to half their weekly usage limit on Fable 5, then either pay with usage credits or switch to another model to stay within their remaining limits.

The mechanism for accessing Fable 5 caps it at half the weekly usage allowance before requiring credits or a model switch. ✦ AI generated

Anthropic · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-07-12 · original ↗

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As before, you can use up to half of your weekly usage limit on Fable 5. After that, you can continue using Fable 5 with usage credits, or switch to another model to keep working within your remaining limits.

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Anthropic restricted Fable access due to compute constraints, wanting clearer visibility into demand and compute availability before committing to keeping the new model cheap for subscribers.Author · Simon Willison's Weblog · conf 60%

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This delegation approach is working well — Simon is getting a lot done and his Fable allowance is shrinking less quickly than before.Simon Willison · Simon Willison's Weblog · conf 65%

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explains mechanism → Claude Fable 5 will be included in all Max and Team Premium plans starting July 20, at 50% of limits.Anthropic (@claudeai) · Simon Willison's Weblog