Use the Claude Agent SDK with Your Claude Plan

slipheen•32 minutes ago

I'm not sure I understand the intention here-

One of the technical things I don't really understand, is that it is not that hard to have an agent use tmux/etc to type into Claude code directly if you really want to? Like using tmux vs Claude -p are effectively the same aren't they?

Like, I understand the way they are subsidizing or whatever but on a technical level, I don't see how this makes any meaningful difference?

Am I missing something? Is this more about policy than the specific way it is invoked?

htrp•about 1 hour ago

Currently:

The credit doesn’t apply to:

Interactive Claude Code in the terminal or IDE

Claude conversations on the web, desktop, or mobile apps

Claude Cowork

Other features that draw from extra usage

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Next month, interactive claude code will no longer be allowed.

builtbystef•about 1 hour ago

This isn’t great but with how much they subsidize the max subscriptions it’s also not shocking.

On the bright side, at least we finally have some clear communication around using the agents SDK. I wonder if this in turn will cause more people to build custom agents on top of the SDK or if more people will move off it completely.

cyanydeez•about 1 hour ago

I find anyone trying to strike it rich by building on top of the cloud AIs to just be degenerate gamblers. There's every indication that none of these services will be reliable the same way google was for a decade. They're going to squeeze the cash out of you as soon as they think they can.

rhodysurf•about 2 hours ago

On the plus side it is fun to use agents with my subscription, on the downside i really really like using Claude Code via ACP is Zed and now this is nerfed.

These seem like not the same thing and it seems silly to bill them the same way but differently than using the CLI or official app.

AlexErrant•about 2 hours ago

You can no longer use your Claude subscription with apps that use the Claude Agent SDK, e.g. claude -p, Conductor, T3code, etc.

graybox•about 2 hours ago

Yet another developer hostile decision.

(Not that I don't blame them)

Use the Claude Agent SDK with Your Claude Plan

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