# Claude Code Action

> MIT GitHub Action — Claude Code on your runner, model calls still bill

**Category:** AI Agents  
**Pricing:** open-source  
**URL:** https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action  
**GitHub:** https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action  
**Added:** 2026-10-03

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## The Hook

Claude Code Action is the Anthropic MIT GitHub Action that runs Claude Code on your runner — the CI seat, not the local CLI.

## What's Good

MIT (anthropics/claude-code-action). action.yml plus tag v1. The action runs on your GitHub Actions runner, so the harness stays on your compute; you wire Anthropic, Bedrock, Vertex, or Foundry credentials. ★~9,383 in about 53 weeks (~177 a week) looks organic.

## The Catch

Model calls still bill Anthropic, Bedrock, Vertex, or Foundry — there is no free model. Vs Claude Code: that gem is the local terminal CLI (paid Max or API); this catch is the GitHub Action that runs on your runner, not the local CLI. Action permissions and secrets are the real gate; pin tag v1.

## Verdict

MIT GitHub Action when Claude Code should run in CI on your runner — not the local CLI; budget the model bill.