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Anthropic is changing its Claude paid subscription tiers.
Anthropic has re-enabled third-party agent access like OpenClaw via new 'Agent SDK' credits for paid subscribers.
KEY POINTS
- Agent SDK credits are fixed monthly amounts, non-rollover, and separate from interactive Claude subscription pools.
- Once Agent SDK credits are exhausted, programmatic usage halts unless extra pay-as-you-go billing is enabled.
- This change ends the prior model where subscriptions could power vastly more agentic usage than their value.
- The update restores agent access but sharply limits usage, drawing negative reactions from developer communities.
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