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Show HN: An OpenAI-compatible API that coding agents sign up for themselves

ScaledThought launched an OpenAI-compatible API on Hacker News's Show HN that lets coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor sign themselves up by pasting a single line, which provisions open models, API keys, and budgets with pay-per-token billing from prepaid credits. The signup link carries the campaign code `org-hn` for attribution, and an alternative agent-readable path is offered at scaledthought.com/llms.txt. ScaledThought states it is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic, OpenAI, Cursor, or any model publisher.

read1 min views4 publishedOct 12, 2026

scaledthought.com/go/org-hn

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or any agent that can run commands. Pay per token from prepaid credits.

Or run it yourself:

This link adds one thing to your account: the campaign code org-hn, so we know which ad worked. Prefer not to? Use scaledthought.com/llms.txt instead. Privacy.

Not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic, OpenAI, Cursor or any model publisher. Claude, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenAI and model names are trademarks of their owners.

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