# Ungate - use Claude Pro and ChatGPT Plus in Cursor without API tokens **URL:** \ **Category:** AI Libraries/Tools\ **Tags:** claude, chatgpt, cursor\ **Created:** [18 August 2026 00:02 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/ungate-use-claude-pro-and-chatgpt-plus-in-cursor-without-api-tokens/248917 "2026-08-18T00:02:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![orchidfiles](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/orchidfiles/32/8184_2.png) [@orchidfiles](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/orchidfiles)\ **Post date:** [18 August 2026 00:02 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/ungate-use-claude-pro-and-chatgpt-plus-in-cursor-without-api-tokens/248917/1 "2026-08-18T00:02:10Z")
If you already have a Claude or ChatGPT subscription, using those models in Cursor usually means paying twice: once for the subscription and once for API tokens. Subscriptions don’t provide an API endpoint, and Cursor routes requests through its own backend, so a plain localhost proxy doesn’t work. I made an open-source Cursor extension called Ungate to bridge this gap. You log in via OAuth in your browser, and the extension runs a local proxy with an automatic Cloudflare tunnel. Setup takes about a minute, and you can switch between Claude and ChatGPT inside the same chat. A $20 ChatGPT subscription covers roughly $1,000 of API tokens, while $100 for Claude covers about $2,000. I wrote a detailed guide covering the setup, limits, and common fixes: [How to use Claude and ChatGPT subscriptions in Cursor instead of paying for API tokens - DEV Community](https://dev.to/orchidfiles/how-to-use-a-claude-subscription-in-cursor-without-paying-for-api-tokens-1bfa) The extension is open source: > **[GitHub - orchidfiles/ungate: Use your Claude and ChatGPT subscriptions in...](https://github.com/orchidfiles/ungate)** > > Use your Claude and ChatGPT subscriptions in Cursor instead of paying for API tokens.