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title: "Credits"
description: "What uses CareerMax credits when you work from Claude: 1 per application, 1 per contact search or outreach company (free when nobody is found) and 5 per company research."
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last_updated: 2026-10-20
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# Credits

> For AI agents: this is the Markdown version of https://careermax.ai/docs/credits. The index of every CareerMax docs page is at https://careermax.ai/llms.txt.

What uses CareerMax credits when you work from Claude: 1 per application, 1 per contact search or outreach company (free when nobody is found) and 5 per company research.

New to CareerMax? [Add to Claude](https://careermax.ai/claude), then follow the [setup guide](https://careermax.ai/docs/set-up-claude.md).

## What costs credits

| Action | Credits | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apply to a job | 1 | Refunded if the application fails before the form is filled |
| Find people at a company, for a referral or outreach | 1 | Free when nobody is found |
| Daily outreach company in your brief | 1 per company, up to 3 a day | Free when nobody is found |
| Company research for Help me prepare | 5 | A retry isn't charged twice |

Everything else is free: your job search brief and the ranking, tracking applications, answering questions, building your Storybank and drafting messages.

Claude tells you the cost before it spends credits on contact searches or research, and waits for your go-ahead.

## Check your balance

> How many CareerMax credits do I have?

## Getting credits

Credits come with paid CareerMax plans, and you can buy more. Manage your plan and credits in the CareerMax app. Credits you buy, and any welcome credits, stay usable even after a subscription ends.

A free CareerMax account gets one first set of matched jobs. New jobs every day come with a paid CareerMax plan.

## When you run out

Claude tells you there aren't enough credits and gives you links to upgrade your plan or buy credits. CareerMax checks your balance before it starts applications. If you pick more jobs than your credits cover, Claude tells you which applications started and which are waiting for credits.

## Your Claude plan is separate

Your Claude plan and your CareerMax plan are separate.

- Your **Claude plan** decides how many custom connectors you can add (one on free plans) and whether you can schedule your brief (paid plans only).
- Your **CareerMax plan** decides your credits and whether you get new jobs every day.