Integrate PRO Subscription Recognition (ChatGPT Plus / Claude Pro) to Avoid Duplicate API Costs

[Neculai_I_Fantanaru]

Feature request for product/service

Cursor IDE

Describe the request

Hello,

I am a dedicated CursorAI user and a paying subscriber to the premium tiers of both services: ChatGPT Plus (OpenAI) and Claude Pro (Anthropic).

Currently, to use my preferred models (like GPT-4 or Claude 3.5 Sonnet) without hitting the Cursor trial limits, I am forced to use my personal API Key (Bring Your Own Key - BYOK).

The core issue is that the API system operates on a pay-as-you-go model, which generates additional, variable costs per token, even though I already pay a fixed monthly/annual fee for “unlimited” access to the same model via their native PRO subscriptions.

My Feature Request is:

Please implement a way for CursorAI to directly authenticate and recognize my existing PRO subscription status with OpenAI and Anthropic. This is usually achieved via a direct login prompt or an OAuth flow (similar to how some services authenticate Spotify or Netflix subscriptions).

This functionality would allow CursorAI to:

Acknowledge my paid subscription status.

Utilize the unlimited quota I’ve already purchased, bypassing the expensive pay-as-you-go API usage.

Eliminate the problem of double-billing for the same resource (fixed subscription + variable API costs).

This would significantly improve the user experience and financial viability for your most engaged users who are already invested in the AI ecosystem.

Thank you for your consideration.

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Operating System (if it applies)

Windows 10/11

[Neculai_I_Fantanaru]

I love Cursor because it works locally with many files.

But that’s what I’m talking about. Although I have the PRO version of both Cursor and Claude, I pay annually for each of them. However, Cursor charged me extra for using Claude, beyond the included usage limits.

So, it’s normal for it to bother me, because I pay for Claude separately, and Claude offers me much more usage.

Therefore, it would be correct to have in the Agents section Cursor - The AI Code Editor a possibility to login to other AI platforms, although I can optionally log in to the Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, gemini, etc. accounts with the username and password from those accounts. A verification, an agreement will be made.

Then, Cursor, let’s say that it already has a trial usage for each other AI. But after that trial ends, I should be able to use that external AI depending on the limitations on my account in that AI.

And if the user does not log in to the Claude account, or if they log in and the Claude account is not the PRO version (paid), then they will pay for the extra consumption on Cursor.

So, I am not asking for a refund, because I am not logged in to Cursor on Claude, so that is why Cursor has no way of knowing if I am already paying an annual subscription to Claude.

Therefore, I ask that the login option be implemented on other AI platforms, so that Cursor can know the status of users’ accounts on other AIs.