Scout doesn’t bundle a hosted AI service. Instead, it runs queries through Claude Code — Anthropic’s official CLI — running locally on your machine. That’s a deliberate choice. Here’s why.
Scout reads LinkedIn profiles, signals, and your message drafts on-device. Claude Code calls Anthropic with the specific prompt it needs — no Scout server in the middle, no logs we could leak, no third-party SaaS holding your pipeline.
Claude Code authenticates with your Anthropic account. There’s no AI markup baked into our subscription, and you can switch model tiers (Haiku ↔ Sonnet ↔ Opus) without changing plans. Most users spend $5–$30/mo on Anthropic credits depending on volume.
Claude Code can read files, run commands, and orchestrate multi-step workflows on your machine. Scout uses that to parse ICPs, score leads, draft messages in your voice, and learn from replies — things a hosted chat API can’t do without sending your whole pipeline to a server.
All your campaigns, leads, and message history live in a local database on your laptop. If you stop using Scout tomorrow, your data is still there in plain SQLite — no export request, no waiting period.
Scout will prompt you to do this on first launch — or run it manually now.
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code claude /login Opens a browser, signs in to your Anthropic account, drops a token in ~/.claude.