Gets a long-lived (1yr) Claude Subscription token and stores it for Claude Code.

create_claude_token.sh

#!/bin/bash

set -e

echo "Setting up Claude credentials..."

# 1. Run claude setup-token
echo "Running claude setup-token..."
claude setup-token

# 2. Ask user for token and wait
read -p "Enter your token: " token

# Validate token
if [[ -z "$token" ]]; then
    echo "Error: Token cannot be empty"
    exit 1
fi

# 3. Get epoch of today + 1 year
expiry=$(date -v+1y +%s)

# 4. Create JSON string
credentials_json="{\"claudeAiOauth\":{\"accessToken\":\"$token\",\"refreshToken\":\"$token\",\"expiresAt\":$expiry,\"scopes\":[\"user:inference\"],\"subscriptionType\":\"max\"}}"

# 5. Write to ~/.claude/.credentials
echo "Writing credentials to ~/.claude/.credentials..."
mkdir -p ~/.claude
echo "$credentials_json" > ~/.claude/.credentials

# 6. Update/create keychain item

# Check if keychain is unlocked
echo "Updating macOS keychain..."

if ! security show-keychain-info ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    echo "Keychain is locked. You may be prompted for your login password..."
fi

security add-generic-password -U -a "$USER" -s "Claude Code-credentials" -w "$credentials_json"

echo "Setup complete!"