Set up automatic account switching

If you own more than one Claude subscription, Sentinel can move the active account automatically so you’re always on capacity that’s about to refresh.

1. Enroll each account from the Accounts tab → Add Account. Sign in to the correct org before approving each OAuth flow.

2. Sync each account once. Open each account in Claude Code and click Sync in Sentinel so the daemon captures its credentials. Switching needs a stored credential per account.

3. Turn on Auto. Open Settings → switching mode and choose Auto.

4. (Optional) Choose a strategy. The default earliest-reset strategy targets the account whose 5-hour window resets soonest. Set it via roundRobinStrategy in Settings.

5. (Optional) Exclude accounts. Keep a specific account out of the Auto pool (for example, a work account) by adding it to poolExcludedIds in Settings.

What happens during a switch

Each switch rewrites the active OAuth credential that Claude Code reads. The header always shows the account currently serving requests, so you can see at a glance who’s active. Accounts paused by a spend cap are skipped until their window resets.

Watch it work

The Usage tab can show a pool view that aggregates every pooled account, so you see combined headroom instead of per-account windows. See Usage & rate limits.