Lobsteady brings Claude Code to Slack, Discord, and Telegram for $19.99/mo
Lobsteady is a hosted service that runs Claude Code (plus Gemini and OpenAI) as a 24/7 bot on Telegram, Discord, or Slack for a flat $19.99/month, using the user's own AI subscription rather than reselling API credits.
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Practitioners who want Claude Code's agentic coding capabilities accessible from a mobile messaging app now have a no-configuration hosted option with predictable flat-rate pricing instead of per-token billing.
- 01Pricing is $9.99 for the first month, then $19.99/month, plus the user's own AI subscription.
- 02Supports Claude (Pro at $20/mo or Max at $100/mo), Gemini, and OpenAI — Lobsteady does not resell API credits.
- 03Each subscriber gets a dedicated DigitalOcean VPS with 1 vCPU and 2 GB RAM.
Lobsteady is a hosted infrastructure service that provisions a dedicated VPS to run Claude Code — or Gemini and OpenAI alternatives — as a 24/7 bot on Telegram, Discord, or Slack. The pricing model is flat: $9.99 for the first month, then $19.99/month, with no per-message credits or top-ups. For Claude users, the service authenticates against the user's own Claude Pro ($20/mo) or Claude Max ($100/mo) Anthropic subscription, meaning usage is unlimited within that plan. Gemini and OpenAI users supply their own API keys. The service is built on an open-source project called `cc-connect`.
Setup takes under 5 minutes through a browser-based wizard — no terminal, config files, or cloud accounts required.
Setup takes under 5 minutes through a browser-based wizard — no terminal, config files, or cloud accounts required. Each user receives an isolated DigitalOcean VPS (1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM) with auto-restart and uptime monitoring. The service exposes the full Claude Code toolset, including file editing, shell command execution, and web browsing, accessible from a phone via the connected messaging platform. Conversations pass directly between the messaging platform and the AI provider's API; Lobsteady states it does not log or inspect them. Platform configuration is stored in `~/.cc-connect/config.toml` on the VPS, with a management dashboard described as coming soon. Cancellation deletes the server at the end of the billing period with no partial-month refunds.
Key facts
- 01Pricing is $9.99 for the first month, then $19.99/month, plus the user's own AI subscription.
- 02Supports Claude (Pro at $20/mo or Max at $100/mo), Gemini, and OpenAI — Lobsteady does not resell API credits.
- 03Each subscriber gets a dedicated DigitalOcean VPS with 1 vCPU and 2 GB RAM.
- 04Supported messaging platforms are Telegram, Discord, and Slack.
- 05Full Claude Code tool access is included: file editing, shell commands, and web browsing.
- 06Setup is browser-based and described as taking under 5 minutes with no technical knowledge required.
- 07Built on the open-source `cc-connect` project; server configuration stored in `~/.cc-connect/config.toml`.
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