How I Run Two Claude Accounts as One

May 27, 2026 · 1:00 PM UTC ·5 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 16 views

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The article discusses the challenges of managing rate limits while using Claude for coding tasks. The author shares their experience of running two Claude Pro accounts to avoid interruptions during critical work sessions. They also introduce a solution they developed, called cux, which automates the account switching process to maintain workflow continuity.

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▪The author faced frustrations with Claude's rate limits interrupting their coding sessions.
▪Upgrading to a higher tier was deemed unnecessary and costly for their needs.
▪The solution involved creating a CLI wrapper called cux to automate account switching without disrupting workflow.

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▪ How to Effectively Run Many Claude Code Sessions in Parallel — Towards Data Science
▪ How we contain Claude across products — Anthropic

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Canonical URL	https://dev.to/inulute/how-i-run-two-claude-accounts-as-one-49b1
Publication time	Wed, 27 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3801963) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } inulute Posted on May 27 How I Run Two Claude Accounts as One #claudecode #productivity #opensource #claude Right! When Claude is finally getting it - your codebase, your weird architectural choices, that one bug you've been chasing for three days, BOOM! it stops. In between! Rate limit exceeded. Please try again later. Later!? Like am I supposed to just pause my brain and come back in another five hours? I'm a developer. I don't have five hours. I have right now.

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