Claude Routines: The Hidden Costs Nobody Talks About

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Claude Code just released Routines, a major upgrade to Schedules that lets you run AI-powered automations directly in Anthropic's cloud infrastructure. In this video, I walk through two real examples: a newsletter scraper that sends the best links to Slack and an automated PR reviewer that triggers on GitHub events. I cover how to set up routines via the terminal or Claude Desktop, configure custom connectors and environments, and manage allowed hosts and billing. Finally, I break down whether Routines are worth the cost compared to tools like n8n or running your own agents, and why Anthropic's growing cloud feature set feels like groundwork for something much bigger. 🔗 Relevant Links Claude Code Routines - https://code.claude.com/docs/en/routines ❤️ More about us Radically better observability stack: https://betterstack.com/ Written tutorials: https://betterstack.com/community/ Example projects: https://github.com/BetterStackHQ 📱 Socials Twitter: https://twitter.com/betterstackhq Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterstackhq/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@betterstack LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/betterstack