Question 1

What is Peras?

Accepted Answer

Peras is a free, MIT-licensed local usage guard at peras.vertias.eu that pauses Claude Code and Codex agents when weekly or per-prompt usage thresholds are reached.

Question 2

Is Peras free?

Accepted Answer

Yes—open source under the MIT license; you run it on your own machine.

Question 3

What happens when a threshold is hit?

Accepted Answer

The agent pauses and waits for your call—raise the cap, adjust the prompt, or stop. No hard failure, no lost session.

Question 4

Peras vs vendor usage dashboards?

Accepted Answer

Dashboards show you spending after the fact; Peras enforces limits locally, before the plan burns out. See also navige-agent-cost-control for the dashboard approach.

Peras: Stop Burning Your Claude Code Plan Limit by Accident

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