---
title: Set Spend Limit
url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/cli/beta/organization/spend_limits/set
---

# Set Spend Limit

`$ ant beta:organization:spend-limits set`

**POST** `/v1/organizations/spend_limits`

Set a spend limit.

Upsert keyed on (scope, period): setting a limit that already exists
overwrites it in place. A Claude Enterprise organization sets `user`
limits. Its seat-tier, group, and organization-level defaults are configured
in claude.ai. A Claude Console organization sets `organization` and
`workspace` limits, which are monthly and always carry an amount. Setting those
limits is in an early access preview. To request access, contact your
Anthropic account team.

## Parameters

- `--amount: string`

  Limit amount as a non-negative integer decimal string in the minor unit of the organization's billing currency (cents for USD): "50000" is $500.00. `null` sets an explicit no-limit override for this scope and `period` only — each period resolves independently, so caps for other periods still apply.

- `--scope: BetaSpendLimitUserScope or BetaSpendLimitOrganizationScope or BetaSpendLimitWorkspaceScope`

  What the limit applies to. Claude Enterprise organizations set `user` limits. Claude Console organizations set `organization` and `workspace` limits. Any other combination returns 400. Setting `organization` and `workspace` limits through the API is in an early access preview. To request access, contact your Anthropic account team.

- `--period: optional "daily" or "monthly" or "weekly"`

- `--beta: optional array of AnthropicBeta` (header parameter)

  Optional header to specify the beta version(s) you want to use.

## Returns

- `beta_spend_limit: object`

  A configured spend limit: a cap on metered spend for one scope and period.

  - `type: "spend_limit"`

    Object type. Always `spend_limit`.

  - `id: string`

    Unique tagged ID of the spend limit (`spl_...`).

  - `amount: string`

    Limit amount as a non-negative integer decimal string in the minor unit of `currency` (cents for USD): "50000" is $500.00. `null` means no numeric cap is configured at this scope — see the effective report for whether a limit applies.

  - `created_at: string`

    RFC 3339 datetime at which the spend limit was created.

    format: date-time

  - `currency: string`

    ISO 4217 code of the organization's billing currency; the unit for `amount`.

  - `is_enabled: boolean`

    Read-only. `false` when extra usage is switched off for this organization (`organization` limit); `amount` is kept and applies again when it's switched back on. Always `true` for other limits.

  - `period: "daily" or "monthly" or "weekly"`

    Length of the window the limit resets over. `amount` caps spend within each period.

    - `"daily"`

    - `"monthly"`

    - `"weekly"`

  - `scope: BetaSpendLimitUserScope or BetaSpendLimitSeatTierScope or BetaSpendLimitRBACGroupScope or 3 more`

    What the limit applies to. A tagged union on `type`; each variant carries the identifier for its scope.

    - `beta_spend_limit_user_scope: object`

      Scope selecting a single member of the organization.

      - `type: "user"`

        Scope type. Always `user` for this scope.

      - `user_id: string`

        Tagged ID of the member the spend limit applies to.

    - `beta_spend_limit_seat_tier_scope: object`

      - `type: "seat_tier"`

      - `seat_tier: string`

    - `beta_spend_limit_rbac_group_scope: object`

      - `type: "rbac_group"`

      - `rbac_group_id: string`

    - `beta_spend_limit_organization_service_scope: object`

      - `type: "organization_service"`

      - `service: string`

    - `beta_spend_limit_organization_scope: object`

      - `type: "organization"`

    - `beta_spend_limit_workspace_scope: object`

      Scope selecting one workspace of a Claude Console organization.

      - `type: "workspace"`

        Scope type. Always `workspace` for this scope.

      - `workspace_id: string`

        Tagged ID of the workspace the spend limit applies to.

  - `updated_at: string`

    RFC 3339 datetime at which the spend limit was last modified.

    format: date-time

## Example

```bash
ant beta:organization:spend-limits set \
  --api-key my-anthropic-api-key \
  --amount 50000 \
  --scope '{type: user, user_id: user_01WCz1FkmYMm4gnmykNKUu3Q}'
```

### Response (200)

```json
{
  "id": "id",
  "amount": "50000",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "currency": "USD",
  "is_enabled": true,
  "period": "daily",
  "scope": {
    "type": "user",
    "user_id": "user_01WCz1FkmYMm4gnmykNKUu3Q"
  },
  "type": "spend_limit",
  "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z"
}
```