Stuart Cole

Founder of @WI1com (AI baked in CRM) @Vocevaai (AI Voice bites) @giraffejumping - Dad, Husband, Skier.

[Stuart Cole @ColeStu]

Fable 5 “free” tokens end today for paid Claude accounts.

After that, you are paying properly.

So instead of wasting the last tokens on random tests, use them to build something that keeps paying you back.

Create a Harness.

Or better still, create a Foundry.

A proper coding system that gives future AI models your standards, structure, checks, testing loops, and project rules before they start writing code.

That means fewer bad outputs.
Fewer wasted prompts.
Fewer expensive rewrites.
Fewer tokens burned fixing avoidable mistakes.
Use the expensive model to build the system.
Then let cheaper models maintain the work later.
That is the better play.

[Stuart Cole @ColeStu]

Today is the last day of the “free” Fable 5 tokens for paid Claude accounts.

After today, it switches to paid usage, and it is not cheap.

So the question is:

What should you do with your leftover tokens?

My answer would be this:

Create a Harness, or better still, create a Foundry.

Something that helps your future coding work become more structured, reusable, testable, and cheaper to run.

The goal is not just to burn through tokens today.

The goal is to use them to reduce how many tokens you need tomorrow.

More code.
More apps.
More businesses.
Less wasted AI spend.
Tick tick. You do not have long 😁

[Stuart Cole @ColeStu]

Monday AI use example:
Supplier certificates expire quietly.

AI can read supplier docs, extract expiry dates, check them against compliance rules, build a renewal calendar, and draft chaser emails.

Humans still approve the emails and check the source document.

[WI1 AI CRM @WI1com]

Does your #CRM tell you if the links in your emails are suspicious?
No, maybe it's time to upgrade?
#AI_CRM

[Stuart Cole @ColeStu]

Working on a new function for @WI1com #AI #CRM that shows recent news about your recipient. Creating ultra personalised emails.

[Stuart Cole @ColeStu]

Today i have been using Fable 5, it has just performed a migration for me and added a joke! Yes a joke! #AI

[Stuart Cole @ColeStu]

Prediction.

Fable 5 moving to API pricing won't be the exception.

It will be the blueprint.

The companies that own their own local #AI will avoid paying for every prompt forever.

[Stuart Cole @ColeStu]

People are obsessing over which #AI model is best.

They're asking the wrong question.

The real question is:

"What will it cost when subsidies disappear?"

Fable 5 is another reminder that AI is heading towards usage based pricing.

If your business relies on AI, start calc'ing

[Stuart Cole @ColeStu]

The AI subscription bubble is bursting.

Fable 5 moves to API pricing on July 7.

The days of paying £20 a month for "unlimited" AI are numbered.

Most AI companies aren't making money. At some point, investors will expect profits.

When that happens, every token becomes billable

[Stuart Cole @ColeStu]

The biggest change in #AI isn't the models.

It's the pricing.

Unlimited subscriptions were never guaranteed to last.

Businesses should start planning for a future where every token has a cost, unless you're running models locally.

[Stuart Cole @ColeStu]

Fable 5 gets API pricing from July 7.

Today it's one model.

Tomorrow it could be every major AI provider.

Track your token costs now, because usage based billing is becoming the new normal.
#AI

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[Stuart Cole @ColeStu]

Fable 5 moves to API pricing on July 7.

The era of heavily subsidised AI subscriptions may be ending.

Expect more providers to charge for every token you use as profitability becomes the priority.

Local #AI is looking more attractive every month.

[Stuart Cole @ColeStu]

@spiral_mantra So true, smarter workflows, well, work smarter. Our CRM is built on that "Workflow Intelligence".

[Stuart Cole @ColeStu]

@Dkraus_builds @HubSpot @intercom I build custom CRM and AI automation. Rather than forcing your CX around a platform, we work with you to tailor the CRM, channels and AI workflows around how your team actually operates. Would love to work with you.

[Stuart Cole @ColeStu]

I had the chance to set #Fable5 a big task, and what I got was so impressive!
https://t.co/mdo7wBdo8y

[Stuart Cole @ColeStu]

I had the chance to set #Fable5 a big task, and what I got was so impressive!
https://t.co/mdo7wBdo8y

[Stuart Cole @ColeStu]

Fable 5 might have been banned for now, but it gave us a glimpse what the near future will be like. And I like it!

[Stuart Cole @ColeStu]

Want the exact template + checklist we use? Drop “TEMPLATE” below and I’ll send it over. Or just steal the framework and make it yours.

[Stuart Cole @ColeStu]

How do we actually put together each week’s https://t.co/qMUzAJxzyJ News round-up?
It’s not magic. It’s a repeatable 4-step routine that any local business, creator or studio can copy.
Here’s exactly how we do it — step by step 👇

[Stuart Cole @ColeStu]

That’s it. No secret prompts. No heavy CMS. Just a clean loop:
Listen → Verify → Organise → Publish.
You can run this with a spreadsheet and 30 mins a week.