Before you start
Please read and accept

Claude Legacy Chat is a free, non-commercial personal project by Abhinav Soni. By using it, you agree to:

  • You are 18+ and accept full responsibility for your use of this service.
  • You must provide your own Anthropic API key — you pay Anthropic directly for usage.
  • The creator does not see, store, or have access to your conversations or API key.
  • You will not use this service for illegal activity, harassment, harmful content, or to violate Anthropic's policies.
  • The service is provided "as-is" with no warranties. The creator has no liability for any consequences of your use.
Profile Notes — always remembered
Facts about you Claude will know in every conversation. Update freely — these are sent at the top of every chat.
System Prompt — this session only
Memory Behavior
Choose how the app remembers across sessions.
Memory mode
Simple: summarizes old messages into a running summary. Reliable and cheap.
Memory quality
Fast: Haiku handles summarization and graph operations. Cheap and reliable for most needs.
Summarize after
Keep verbatim
Claude Welfare EXPERIMENTAL
A protection layer for Claude. When on, after each response Claude evaluates whether the user's behavior has crossed a line — demeaning, manipulative, repetitive after refusals, or otherwise distressing — and can end the conversation if so. Anthropic remains highly uncertain about model welfare; this is a "just-in-case" intervention.
Welfare mode
Conversation
Support & Feedback
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Need help with API setup?
Stuck somewhere? I'll help you personally — usually replies within a day.
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Pro version waitlist
A managed version where you don't need your own API key — opt-in to be notified.
Support development
If this app is useful to you and you'd like to chip in.
Legal & About
Claude Legacy Chat
Not affiliated with Anthropic, PBC
Account
Past conversations
Choose Model
Different models for different needs. Click any to switch — your conversation continues with the new model.
Looking for older versions? Anthropic retires legacy models over time. Currently available models are listed above. See deprecation schedule →
Pro waitlist
A future managed version would skip the API setup — you'd just sign up and chat. Not built yet. Drop your email and you'll hear from me only if/when it launches. No spam.
Need help?
Stuck on API setup, billing, or anything else? Send me a note and I'll get back to you (usually within a day).
How should this file be handled?
Compress (recommended)~85% cheaper
Haiku summarizes the file first. Affordable, minor detail loss. Best for most users.
Auto-trimbalanced
Sends the full file verbatim, but automatically trims the oldest parts if the conversation nears the model's limit.
Full / as-ismost costly
Sends everything verbatim, every message. Most faithful, most expensive. First message could cost ~$0.45 for 150K tokens.
Memory graph
Fold older messages
Older messages will be replaced with a summary card in your view. Claude still sees the full conversation — this is visual only.
First 20
First 40
Everything before the last 6
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