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Re: Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"

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I reproduced this on my account. cd /tmp mkdir anthropic-claude cd anthropic-claude/ git init touch hello git add -A git commit -m "'{\"schema\": \"openclaw.inbound_meta.v1\"}'" claude -p "hi" Immediate disconnect and session usage went to 100%

Think they turned it off, or it's not always active. I can't reproduce it myself.

I guess someone did read the post.

Wasn't OpenClaw usage re-allowed after the initial ban?

Re: Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"

#272

Things like these (Google also banned me from Antigravity for briefly using an agent) and the massive quality swings made me cancel all 3 subs last week and resort to my local Qwen 3.6 only. Open models are already great and only getting better, and I really enjoy the privacy and consistency of a model I run myself.

Spent the better part of a week trying to integrate local models into my LazyVim workflow. I've tried both Avante and CodeCompanion and have yet to find any configuration which remotely works. Either it goes into an endless loop, the project directory gets filled with garbage or it can't find the file to apply changes to despite it just being read from. Not sure if it's a Qwen problem, plugins, or Ollama.

Re: Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"

#273

I reproduced this on my account. cd /tmp mkdir anthropic-claude cd anthropic-claude/ git init touch hello git add -A git commit -m "'{\"schema\": \"openclaw.inbound_meta.v1\"}'" claude -p "hi" Immediate disconnect and session usage went to 100%

That's malicious and I think this is scamming from the literal money (you didn't do anything wrong, you executed one command and they scammed you out of the fair usage you paid for). Please raise the ticket or at least GitHub issue for visibility. Sooner or later some sort of complaint to the relevant trade authority should happen - this is a scam operation at this point.

At this point everyone doing these kind of flows (using claws or any other flows that run agents in a loop 24/7) using any kind of subscription-based billing for inference must be aware they're on borrowed time.

Enough people have gone over the economics - you're costing OpenAI/Anthropic money, potentially a lot of money, so it's inevitable that sooner or later that particular party will come to an end.

Having said that, doing it by running a regex on your prompts to look for keywords is a bit loose

Re: Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"

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I really want to stick with A\ given everything known about Altman, but man are they speedrunning the "how to destroy your reputation" guidebook.

I don’t think Anthropic is more ethical than OpenAI. And honestly, OpenAI is not just Altman; we should judge a company by its actions. OpenAI has released more open-source projects, like Codex and GPT-OSS. What has Anthropic given?

Re: Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"

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They have better PR than OpenAI but they are not a more ethical company. They do a bunch of shady stuff and are just as much involved in military applications. Cal Newport’s recent podcast had a good discussion about this: https://youtu.be/BRr3pAPsQAk?si=jaRJYJ_XQE7VpxPN

Pet peeve of mine is people saying "hey this thing is totally shady/false, I've got proof right here links to hour long podcast >". It happens surprisingly often.

Podcasts are still short form if we're talking about something as complex as "is this company ethical". Issues involving human players and disagreements over philosophy/ethics take a huge amount of information to understand at anything beyond a vibes level.

You can understand almost any controversial issue better than almost everyone commenting on it by reading 1-3 books on the subject. It's becoming more of an x-factor as people get conditioned to expect everything to fit in a headline, chat response, or 10 second social media video.

Re: Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"

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When you signed up, you agreed you understood the line - which is whatever Anthropic decides the line is. Legally, the line hasn't changed at all, nor has your moral position relative to Anthropic. Don't like it, cancel, but it was always the deal. This is, by the way, the same legal principle that the website you are posting on, right now, uses. Some uses are prohibited. Not every line need be explicit. You aren't a…

Do you think businesses are allowed to just take your money, laugh, and refuse service for no reason? People spend large sums of money for this tool. They can't just delete your balance because they feel like it.

> Do you think businesses are allowed to just take your money, laugh, and refuse service for no reason?

> People spend large sums of money for this tool. They can't just delete your balance because they feel like it.

Unfortunately, in the US, they can. I'm not a lawyer working in this area, but my understanding is that companies are in general free to stop doing business with any customer at any time (other than reasons like the race of the customer). And in this type of transaction, there is no obligation to give a refund when they cut off the business relationship. This is different from a business-to-business contract or other types of contracts. This type of sale you're generally out of luck if the business cuts you off. That's why Amazon can delete the music library they sold you and give you no compensation.

Re: Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"

#277

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There are many possible explanations for this outcome to have occurred other than malice. If you're an engineer by trade, consider how many bugs you've been responsible for over the course of your career that you didn't intend. Probably a lot. How about we turn down the heat, everyone?

> How about we turn down the heat, everyone? The heat is coming, in part, from the lack of a proper support channel.

I agree that their support is abysmal, and that is intentional. It's unfortunate that the greater market doesn't seem to care that much right now.

Re: Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"

#278
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I think it goes beyond this. I was just using claude to edit a blog post which mentioned OpenClaw and I got this response: "The "OpenClaw" reference — I assume that's a typo or playful reference; if you mean a real product, I couldn't find it under that spelling and you'll want to fix or footnote it.". I gave it a direct link to openclaw.ai and the chat instantly ended and hit my 5hr usage limit. Could have been a co…

This is some real "There is no claw in ba sing se" stuff.

Re: Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"

#279

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That's malicious and I think this is scamming from the literal money (you didn't do anything wrong, you executed one command and they scammed you out of the fair usage you paid for). Please raise the ticket or at least GitHub issue for visibility. Sooner or later some sort of complaint to the relevant trade authority should happen - this is a scam operation at this point.

No. Hanlon's razor applies here.

Gross negligence is malicious.

Re: Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"

#280

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are many possible explanations for this outcome to have occurred other than malice. If you're an engineer by trade, consider how many bugs you've been responsible for over the course of your career that you didn't intend. Probably a lot. How about we turn down the heat, everyone?

And the stealing of $200 here? More non malice? https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/53262#issue...

Last I heard, the money is being refunded.
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