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This guide is for founders and small teams that want reliable coding models without starting with usage-billed API keys. Connect a ChatGPT Plus subscription first. Plus currently costs 20/monthandgivesRoomoteaccesstosupportedcodingmodelswithintheplan′sincludedlimits.Ifyouregularlyrunmanyorlongtasks,∗∗ChatGPTPro∗∗currentlycosts20/month and gives Roomote access to supported coding models within the plan's included limits. If you regularly run many or long tasks, **ChatGPT Pro** currently costs 200/month and provides higher usage limits. Check ChatGPT pricing for current prices and plan limits. Unlike an API key, a ChatGPT subscription does not create a separate per-token model bill. Roomote tasks count against the subscription’s usage windows instead. This makes costs easier to predict while you learn how much model capacity your team needs.
The ChatGPT plan covers model access. Roomote Cloud, self-hosting infrastructure, and sandbox compute are separate costs.

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Connect ChatGPT

During first-time setup, choose ChatGPT (subscription) under Model provider, then select Connect ChatGPT. For an existing deployment:
  1. Open Settings > Models as an admin.
  2. Under Inference Providers, select Add provider.
  3. Choose ChatGPT (subscription), then select Connect ChatGPT.
  4. In the connection dialog, select Open verification page.
  5. Sign in to the ChatGPT Plus or Pro account you want Roomote to use and enter the code shown by Roomote.
  6. Return to Roomote and wait for ChatGPT (subscription) to show as connected.
  7. Enable a supported openai/... model, assign it to the coding role, and run a small task to verify the connection.
No OpenAI API key or deployment environment variable is required. Roomote keeps the authorization on its control plane rather than exposing it to task sandboxes. See the ChatGPT provider reference for usage windows and troubleshooting.

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What about Claude?

Anthropic does not allow Claude Pro or Max subscription credentials to be used by third-party products such as Roomote. Roomote therefore cannot connect a Claude subscription the way it connects ChatGPT Plus or Pro. To use Claude models, add the Anthropic provider and supply an Anthropic API key. Anthropic bills that usage separately by token; depending on the model, task length, and repository context, a single task can cost several dollars. Set provider spend limits and monitor costs before making it the default for frequent tasks.

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Limits to expect

  • Plus and Pro are not unlimited. Long tasks and parallel work consume the plan’s included usage windows more quickly.
  • Roomote displays 5-hour and weekly ChatGPT usage windows when OpenAI makes that data available. A missing usage display does not necessarily mean the connection is broken.
  • ChatGPT workspace policies can block the device authorization flow. If Roomote reports that the Codex app is blocked, ask the ChatGPT workspace admin to allow it, then restart the connection.
  • OpenAI controls which models and limits are included with each ChatGPT plan, and those can change independently of Roomote.