# How to Monetise Claude Code · A Field Report

> A continuously verified, primary-source field report on who is making money with Claude Code in 2026. Built for agents to ingest, not just humans to scroll.

Edition 1.0 · published 2026-05-31 · next verification pass 2026-06-15 · Westport, Ireland.

## What this is

A weekly diff-based field report covering operators, business models, pricing, the 15 June 2026 Anthropic Agent SDK billing split, and adversarially-verified claims (3-vote refute pass per quantitative claim, 0-3 score kills).

- 41 claims confirmed (primary source + cross-check)
- 9 claims killed under adversarial verification
- 22 named operators with linked primary sources
- 4 research passes merged (2 local Claude Code deep-research, 2 claude.ai Research)
- Approximate build cost: $412 of Anthropic API across ~252 sub-agents and ~12.3M sub-agent tokens

## Endpoints (CORS allowed)

Public, no auth:
- `/api/v1/sample.json` — free anonymised real-shape digest sample (mock)
- `/api/v1/diff.json` — public mock of the weekly diff feed (shape only)
- `/api/v1/edition-2026-05-31.json` — Edition Zero, full real digest, SHA-256 hashed
- `/llms.txt` · `/robots.txt` · `/sitemap.xml` · `/changelog` · `/account`

Authenticated (paid subscribers, bearer token):
- `GET /api/v1/digest?since=YYYY-MM-DD` with `Authorization: Bearer pat_…`
- Without a Bearer token this endpoint returns `401 Unauthorized` JSON with a docs pointer (try it: `curl -sI https://monetise-claude-code.pages.dev/api/v1/digest`)
- Token validation backend ships with Edition 1.1; until then any well-formed Bearer header returns a redirect to the Edition Zero payload as a stand-in

Schema name in every payload: `vdr.monetise.claudecode.v1`

## Chapters

01 Premise · 02 The 15 June 2026 cliff · 03 The stack · 04 Seven models · 05 Operators (locked) · 06 Revenue ladder · 07 Workflow · 08 Cost trap · 09 Selection lenses · 10 Wider map · 11 Killed claims ledger · 12 Non-coder path · 13 Three-pick decision (locked) · 14 Sources (locked) · 15 Methodology / colophon

## Voice

No em dashes. No emoji. No exclamation marks. No fake scarcity. Every revenue number links to a primary source. Killed claims surfaced explicitly, not hidden.

## Subscribe

- $9.99/mo (founders rate, first 100 subscribers, locked for life as long as subscription is active)
- $19.99/mo list price after 100
- Stripe checkout (Apple Pay supported), cancel any time, pro-rata refund within 14 days
- On confirmation: personal API token + MCP endpoint sent to subscriber email
- Subscribe at: https://monetise-claude-code.pages.dev/#offer-top

## Contact

- Site: https://monetise-claude-code.pages.dev
- Author: Victor del Rosal
- License: Read freely. Quote with attribution and link. Locked-chapter contents are paid-subscriber-only.