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Does this mean it's fine to use Claude subscriptions with third party harnesses?

Anthropic paused changes to Claude Agent SDK usage as of June 15, stating that Claude Agent SDK, claude -p, and third-party app usage still draw from a subscription's usage limits and that the previously announced monthly credit is not available. The support page update follows user confusion over whether Claude subscriptions can be used with third-party harnesses such as OpenCode, Pi, and OpenClaw, which the poster notes are still not enabled by default. Anthropic said it is working to update the plan and will share details before anything takes effect.

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I've been curious about using a claude subscription with OpenCode, Pi and some other third party harnesses.

If you remember, there was a lot of chatter about a ban on third party harnesses and then Claude have had some pretty confusing messaging about it since. I thought I should read the information they have on it and came across this page on their support site:

"Update June 15: We're pausing the changes to Claude Agent SDK usage described below. For now, nothing has changed: Claude Agent SDK, claude -p, and third-party app usage still draw from your subscription's usage limits. The previously announced monthly credit, which would have been available to eligible claimants in connection with these changes, isn't available. We’re working to update the plan to better support how users build with Claude subscriptions. When we have an update, we'll share it before anything takes effect."

https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15036540-use-the-claude-agent-sdk-with-your-claude-plan Is it right that it is currently fine to use your claude subscription with opencode, pi, openclaw or any third party harness?

If so, why is it still not enabled by default (or been removed) on all of these agent harnesses I just mentioned?

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49753579](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49753579)

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