Clawdline Session Density Threshold

Clawdline only earns its place once a client runs enough concurrent Claude Code or Codex sessions that terminal tabs stop being a workable view. Below roughly three parallel sessions, a developer can track working, waiting, and delivered states in their head, and the Free plan's single Cloud-paired machine covers it. Past that point, the root/child dispatch model (root writes task.json, children return result.json) and the Board become the delivery record an agency can show a client. Price the retainer against session count, not seats: Pro at $10/month pairs up to 5 machines with Cloud and webhook-triggered schedules, so a five-developer client on parallel client codebases sits comfortably inside one subscription. The threshold cuts both ways. If a client pauses AI coding or shifts to another LLM provider, the orchestration layer has nothing to organize, and the retainer loses its justification. Audit active session volume before renewing any Clawdline engagement.