Reallocating $100/Month Claude Code spend to Zed and OpenRouter

TL;DR Instead of $100/month for Claude, pay $10/month for Zed editor and set up a monthly $90 top up to OpenRouter. You can use the Zed Agent harness or keep using Claude Code, however you pay API costs for what you use. When you&rsquo;re not using, your credits build up rather than missing the usage window. I&rsquo;ve been disappointed to feel that I&rsquo;m hitting Claude limits faster than…