Workflows
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Advisor pattern: cap how often the expensive model gets called, and catch drift
Run a cheap executor with a rarely-consulted expensive advisor, but enforce a hard cap on advisor calls per task and a drift-check before the executor can keep going, so the benchmark's 63% discount doesn't quietly erode into nothing.
Grind a huge one-time job overnight on a free tier's tiny rate limit
Pace a big one-time batch (label a dataset, summarize an archive, draft alt text) through a free tier with a very low rate ceiling, proven to finish within the rate limit and the monthly token budget before you start it.
Claude Code Cloud Schedule: Runs With Your Laptop Off
Schedule Claude Code on Anthropic-managed infra at 1-hour-or-coarser cadence, pushing only to claude/ branches.
Claude Code Headless: An Always-On Local Schedule
Run Claude Code headless with -p on an OS-cron schedule so a job survives restarts.
Obsidian × MCPVault: The Vault Health Check
A monthly, scheduled audit that finds orphan notes, stale info, and inconsistent tags before your vault rots.
Weekly Review: a Finished Review Instead of a Blank Page
Every Friday, have Claude Code turn your week's note activity into a written review.
Morning Synthesis: a Start-of-Day Note Before Coffee
Schedule Claude Code to read your recent notes and write a daily start-of-day briefing.