Why Switch Accounts? Core Use Cases

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  "title": "Why Switch Accounts? Core Use Cases",
  "description": "Analysis of account switching goals and whether current UX serves them",
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    "output": "<div style=\"background:#1e1e1e;color:#e0e0e0;padding:20px;border-radius:8px;font-family:'Consolas','Monaco',monospace;\">\n<h2 style=\"font-family:sans-serif;color:#fff;margin:0 0 20px 0;\">Why Switch Accounts?</h2>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:20px;border-left:4px solid #c678dd;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;color:#c678dd;font-weight:bold;\">Great question - let's clarify the actual goal</p>\n</div>\n\n<h3 style=\"font-family:sans-serif;color:#fff;margin:0 0 12px 0;\">Primary Use Case: Quota Exhaustion</h3>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:16px;\">\n<pre style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.8;color:#e0e0e0;\">\n<span style=\"color:#f43f5e;\">✗</span> meichtry hits 5-hour or 7-day quota limit\n<span style=\"color:#e5c07b;\">→</span> Claude returns rate limit error\n<span style=\"color:#e5c07b;\">→</span> User wants to <span style=\"color:#22c55e;\">continue working immediately</span>\n<span style=\"color:#e5c07b;\">→</span> Switch to blueboy (fresh quota)\n</pre>\n</div>\n\n<h3 style=\"font-family:sans-serif;color:#fff;margin:0 0 12px 0;\">What User Actually Wants</h3>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;color:#98c379;font-weight:bold;\">\"My next prompt should use the other account\"</p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;color:#7f848e;\">NOT: \"Future sessions should use a different account\"</p>\n</div>\n\n<h3 style=\"font-family:sans-serif;color:#fff;margin:0 0 12px 0;\">Current Architecture Problem</h3>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:16px;border-left:4px solid #f43f5e;\">\n<pre style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.8;color:#e0e0e0;font-size:13px;\">\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\">Current flow:</span>\n  Session created → Account locked in → All turns use same account\n                     <span style=\"color:#f43f5e;\">↑</span>\n              <span style=\"color:#f43f5e;\">Can't change mid-session!</span>\n\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\">The problem:</span>\n  Switching \"active account\" only affects <span style=\"color:#e5c07b;\">new sessions</span>\n  User must <span style=\"color:#f43f5e;\">refresh page</span> to actually use new account\n  Context/history lost when refreshing\n</pre>\n</div>\n\n<h3 style=\"font-family:sans-serif;color:#fff;margin:0 0 12px 0;\">Better Architecture Options</h3>\n\n<div style=\"display:grid;gap:12px;margin-bottom:16px;\">\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px 0;\"><span style=\"color:#c678dd;font-weight:bold;\">Option 1:</span> <span style=\"color:#e0e0e0;\">Per-Turn Account Selection</span></p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;color:#7f848e;font-size:13px;\">Each prompt could specify which account to use. Send button spawns new Claude process with different credentials if needed. More flexible but complex.</p>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px 0;\"><span style=\"color:#c678dd;font-weight:bold;\">Option 2:</span> <span style=\"color:#e0e0e0;\">Hot-Swap Session</span></p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;color:#7f848e;font-size:13px;\">\"Switch account\" kills current session and creates new one on different account. Loses context but user explicitly chose to switch. Simpler.</p>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px 0;\"><span style=\"color:#c678dd;font-weight:bold;\">Option 3:</span> <span style=\"color:#e0e0e0;\">Auto-Failover</span></p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;color:#7f848e;font-size:13px;\">When quota error detected, automatically retry on backup account. Seamless but hides which account is being used.</p>\n</div>\n\n</div>\n\n<h3 style=\"font-family:sans-serif;color:#fff;margin:0 0 12px 0;\">The Real Question</h3>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;border-left:4px solid #22c55e;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;color:#22c55e;font-weight:bold;\">When you switch accounts, what do you expect to happen?</p>\n<ol style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;color:#e0e0e0;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8px;\"><span style=\"color:#61afef;\">Immediate:</span> My very next Send uses the new account</li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8px;\"><span style=\"color:#e5c07b;\">Future:</span> Only new sessions use it (current behavior)</li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">Seamless:</span> System auto-switches when quota hit</li>\n</ol>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:12px 16px;border-radius:6px;margin-top:16px;\">\n<p style=\"color:#7f848e;margin:0;font-size:13px;\"><strong>My take:</strong> Option 3 (auto-failover) is probably the ideal UX - you shouldn't have to think about accounts at all. But Option 2 (hot-swap) is a good middle ground that's explicit about what's happening.</p>\n</div>\n\n</div>",
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        "label": "Auto-failover (Option 3)",
        "value": "Design an auto-failover system that automatically retries on backup account when quota is hit",
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        "label": "Hot-swap session (Option 2)",
        "value": "Design a hot-swap system where switching account immediately creates a new session on the new account"
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        "label": "Per-turn selection (Option 1)",
        "value": "Design a per-turn account selection where each prompt can specify which account to use"
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        "label": "Keep current + better UI",
        "value": "Keep the current architecture but improve the UI to make it clearer when refresh is needed"
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  "createdBy": "claude",
  "createdAt": "2026-01-09T02:25:29.972Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-01-09T02:25:34.874Z",
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  "tags": [
    "konsole",
    "accounts",
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