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# AI Assist changes for Starter and Team plans

Last updated on October 19, 2026

Starting November 9, 2026, AI Assist in Screen and Interview comes in packages, each with its own AI models, features and usage limits.

Action needed before November 9

Review the AI Packages and decide which one fits best for your team.

This page explains what changes for Starter and Team plans, how it affects your tests and interviews, and how to keep frontier AI in your hiring process.

## What's changing

- Models up to Sonnet-class, such as Sonnet, standard GPT-5.x, Haiku and Gemini Flash. Frontier models (Opus-class, flagship GPT, Gemini Pro-class) are available with Frontier Lite and above.
- A limit of 1M AI tokens per test or interview.
- New: run up to 2 AI agents at once in a test or interview, so candidates can work with AI the way they would on the job.

## How this affects your tests and interviews

- Longer and AI-heavy sessions are most likely to reach the limit. Take-home tests, multi-step builds, and interviews where candidates lean on AI throughout use AI fastest.
- Candidates get different AI help. If your questions or rubrics assume candidates work with frontier models, review them before November 9 and consider Frontier Lite.
- Sessions that reach the limit keep going. The session doesn't stop, but it switches to a lighter model for the rest of the test or interview.

## Where to see your AI usage in Interview

You can check how much AI a pad has used at any point during an interview, so you can keep an eye on long or agentic sessions as they approach your limit of 1M per test or interview.

1. In an Interview pad, open the AI Assist panel.
2. Find the usage indicator, the circle in the top-right corner of the panel, next to the model icons.
3. Hover over the indicator to see how many tokens the pad has used so far, for example “You’ve used 48.2K tokens.”
![An Interview pad with the AI Assist panel open. Hovering over the usage indicator in the panel's top-right corner shows the message: You've used 48.2K tokens.](https://coderpad.io/assets/docs/ai-assist-usage-indicator.jpg) Hover over the usage indicator in the AI Assist panel to see how many tokens the pad has used.

## What AI Packages are available

Frontier Lite is a new package for teams that want frontier models and more room for AI-assisted interviews and take-home tests. It's available as its own plan.

For agentic, multi-agent or long take-home interviews at scale, Enterprise plans include the Frontier package, with Frontier Pro and Frontier Max for the most demanding interviews.

Feature | Starter and Team | Frontier Lite | Frontier Pro | Frontier Max
AI usage per test or interview | 1M tokens | 5M tokens | 20M tokens | 40M tokens
Models | Up to Sonnet-class | Every model, incl. frontier | Every model, incl. frontier | Every model, incl. frontier
Claude Code and Codex in the pad | Not included | Included | Included | Included
AI agents at once | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4
Best for | Live coding with occasional AI help | AI-assisted interviews and take-homes with frontier models | Agentic interviews and long take-homes | The longest, most demanding multi-agent interviews

To add Frontier Lite or an Enterprise AI Package, [contact Sales](https://coderpad.io/sales/).

## Choosing a package

- Live coding with occasional AI help: your Starter or Team plan.
- Frontier models, AI-assisted take-homes, or Claude Code and Codex in the pad: Frontier Lite.
- Agentic or multi-agent interviews at scale: Enterprise with Frontier, Frontier Pro or Frontier Max.
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