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Now Available: Free Claude Ultra for CNCF Maintainers

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Daniel Krook
Daniel Krook
Senior Director of Developer Experience
Ihor Dvoretskyi
Ihor Dvoretskyi
Senior Developer Advocate

Anthropic is giving CNCF project maintainers free access to Claude Ultra, its top-tier Claude plan.

They've provided 3,000 codes, and each one gives one person six months of Claude Ultra at no cost.

This post covers who's eligible, how the six months work, and how to request a code.

Thank you, Anthropic, for supporting CNCF maintainers! 🎉

Who's eligible​

Codes are available to maintainers of any CNCF project at the Sandbox, Incubating, or Graduated level.

We check eligibility against the maintainer list in your project's .project repository. That's the same source we already use for other maintainer benefits.

If you haven't worked with it before, see the .project metadata format.

Anthropic also requires that you:

How the six months work​

  • Start: The six months begin when you select Redeem, not when we send you the code. Redeem it when you're ready to start using it.
  • End: If you're on the Free plan, your account returns to Free after six months. If you currently pay for a different Claude plan, there are a few extra steps. We'll send the full details with your code.

How to request a code​

  1. Visit the Service Desk: Navigate to https://servicedesk.cncf.io/.
  2. Submit a request: Select the Program Management category.
  3. Provide details: In your ticket, include your GitHub handle.

Questions and more info​

If you have questions or run into problems, comment on your Service Desk ticket or open a new one.

Anthropic's announcement page at claude.ai/cncf also lists their KubeCon+CloudNativeCon NA sessions and further reading from their infrastructure team.