{"slug": "claude-max-and-teams-plans-now-forced-to-api-oct-7th-update", "title": "Claude Max and Teams plans now forced to API (Oct 7th update)", "summary": "Anthropic has ended the Agent SDK monthly credit it announced in June 2026, and Claude Max and Team plans now include monthly API credits covering the Claude Agent SDK, the Claude API, and Claude Managed Agents, according to an October 7, 2026 update. The credits must be claimed into a Claude Console organization and used with an API key from that organization. The change follows Anthropic teasing the shift in June and pulling back at the 11th hour.", "body_md": "| [Consider applying for YC's Winter 2027 batch! __Applications__ are open till November 2.](https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/)[Guidelines](newsguidelines.html) \\|[FAQ](newsfaq.html) \\|[Lists](lists) \\|[API](https://github.com/HackerNews/API) \\|[Security](security.html) \\|[Legal](https://www.ycombinator.com/legal/) \\|[Apply to YC](https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/) \\|[Contact](mailto:hn@ycombinator.com) | \n\n|  | **[Hacker News](news)**[new](newest) \\|[past](front) \\|[comments](newcomments) \\|[ask](ask) \\|[show](show) \\|[jobs](jobs) \\|[submit](submit) | [login](login?goto=item%3Fid%3D49999508) | \n\n|  |  | [Claude Max and Teams plans now forced to API (Oct 7th update)](item?id=49999508) | \n|  |  | 1 point by [mattstarfield](user?id=mattstarfield)[33 minutes ago](item?id=49999508) \\|[hide](hide?id=49999508&goto=item%3Fid%3D49999508) \\|[past](https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Claude%20Max%20and%20Teams%20plans%20now%20forced%20to%20API%20%28Oct%207th%20update%29&type=story&dateRange=all&sort=byDate&storyText=false&prefix&page=0) \\|[favorite](fave?id=49999508&auth=f851b230bee0a1a007a2592102dfcec62a4a1da3) \\|[discuss](item?id=49999508) | \n|  |  | Anthropic teased this back in June, then pulled back at the 11th hour. Now it’s coming home to roost. ``` Update October 7, 2026: The Agent SDK monthly credit announced in June is no longer available. Claude Max and Team plans now include monthly API credits, which cover the Claude Agent SDK, the Claude API, and Claude Managed Agents. Claim them into a Claude Console organization and use them with an API key from that organization. Learn more about monthly API credits for Max and Team plans. ``` |", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-max-and-teams-plans-now-forced-to-api-oct-7th-update", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49999508", "published_at": "2026-10-07 22:15:47+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-07 22:49:49.979378+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "developer-tools", "ai-agents", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Claude Max", "Claude Teams", "Claude Agent SDK", "Claude API", "Claude Managed Agents", "Claude Console"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-max-and-teams-plans-now-forced-to-api-oct-7th-update", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-max-and-teams-plans-now-forced-to-api-oct-7th-update.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-max-and-teams-plans-now-forced-to-api-oct-7th-update.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-max-and-teams-plans-now-forced-to-api-oct-7th-update.jsonld"}}