How to Stop Running Out of Claude Code Limits Every Day

Claude Code gives you a 5-hour token budget in a rolling window, starting from the moment you send your first message of the day. If you trigger this early and burn through your tokens, you might be locked out for hours during your peak workflow. Try Apidog today A practical solution: use claude-warmup, a scheduled GitHub Action that automatically sends a throwaway “hi” to Claude Haiku before your day starts. This anchors your 5-hour window to your schedule, not whenever you first open Claude. Why This Works Claude Code’s budget window is floored to the clock hour of your first message. For example, a ping at 6:15 AM starts your window at 6:00 AM, so your 5-hour block runs 6 AM–11 AM. When you finish your budget, the next window starts at 11 AM sharp. The warmup ping costs negligible tokens—just a single “hi” to Claude Haiku. Setup (6 Steps) 1. Fork the repo gh repo fork vdsmon/claude-warmup --clone cd claude-warmup 2. Generate an OAuth token On a machine with Claude Code installed, ru