Anthropic essentially bans OpenClaw from Claude by making subscribers pay extra
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Anthropic's policy change directly impacts AI agent tool usage and platform economics.
Summary
Anthropic excludes OpenClaw from Claude subscriptions starting April 4th at 3PM ET, mandating pay-as-you-go billing due to infrastructure constraints from third-party harness usage. Subscribers receive a one-time credit and can opt for discounted usage bundles or a Claude API key. This shift promotes Anthropic's tools like Claude Cowork as OpenClaw's creator joins OpenAI.