Anthropic says OpenClaw-style Claude CLI usage is allowed again

Post by buzer » Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 2:48 PM UTC

stingraycharles wrote: post #73

operatingthetan wrote: post #33

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This is such a strange way for this to be announced. Why is openclaw telling us this? I wouldn't even trust it until Anthropic says so themselves.

They had this on here since day 1 of the block. This is just Openclaw saying "if you run Openclaw inside Claude Code, it's compliant with the Anthropic ToS", because, well, it's literally running inside Claude Code. What's not allowed is grabbing the oauth tokens and using these for your own custom agent, which is what was (and still is) banned. Nothing has changed, this appears to just be a giant misunderstanding (a…

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 2:50 PM UTC

joshstrange wrote: post #192

Well that's clear as mud. I've complained, extensively, about this before but Anthropic really needs to make it clear what is and is not supported with or without a subscription. Until then, it's hard to know where you stand with using their products. I say all of this as someone who doesn't use OpenClaw or any Claw-like product currently. I just want to know what I can and can't do and currently it's impossible to k…

Post by 306bobby » Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 2:55 PM UTC

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #156

Alifatisk wrote: post #28

> Anthropic staff told us OpenClaw-style Claude CLI usage is allowed again Anthropic staff have had contradictive statements in Twitter and have corrected each other. Their intent for clarifications lead to confusion. > OpenClaw treats Claude CLI reuse and claude -p usage as sanctioned for this integration unless Anthropic publishes a new policy. Oh cool, so everything is back to business now, until they all or sudde…

> Switching to other providers is the best way to go, if you want to keep your insanity I remember when I’d periodically rage quit from Uber One to Lyft Pink and back again every time I had a terrible customer-service experience. In the end, I realized picking a demon and getting familiar with its quirks was the better way to go. I’m currently sticking with Claude, in part because I’m not exposed to this nonsense due…

Post by tehjoker » Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 3:01 PM UTC

joshstrange wrote: post #192

Well that's clear as mud. I've complained, extensively, about this before but Anthropic really needs to make it clear what is and is not supported with or without a subscription. Until then, it's hard to know where you stand with using their products. I say all of this as someone who doesn't use OpenClaw or any Claw-like product currently. I just want to know what I can and can't do and currently it's impossible to k…

Post by dnautics » Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC

LatencyKills wrote: post #217

dnautics wrote: post #213

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Keep in mind this is hearsay, since we are reading something through a non-official channel, it's maybe not right to call it "flip-flopping"?

Given the lack of clear communication and the fact that their primary competitor openly supports the use of bespoke harnesses, I highly doubt this is an incorrect announcement. Anthropic is destroying goodwill that is hard-won in this space. At the end of the day, people just need to do their work in a way that makes sense for them. In my case (someone who has been building ML/AI tools for 25 years @ MS & Apple), I h…