Anthropic bans OAuth tokens (including Agent SDK) in 3P tools

hrpnk wrote: post #5

wahnfrieden wrote: post #3

OpenAI allows it

If it becomes a cost factor for them, they will follow suit. In the end, model providers will want users to use the API.

Perhaps someday. Meanwhile I will use the economical offering (without sacrificing quality)

Re: Anthropic bans OAuth tokens (including Agent SDK) in 3P tools

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Post by biffles » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 6:16 PM UTC

Very frustrating action from them, especially when use of subscriptions with Agents SDK was explicitly stated to be permitted a month ago.

Re: Anthropic bans OAuth tokens (including Agent SDK) in 3P tools

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Post by bontaq » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 7:45 PM UTC

I don't get it, now I can't use Tidewave or Zed or Agent Shell in Emacs with my Claude Code plan? Why would they do this? It makes my subscription so much less worthwhile.

Re: Anthropic bans OAuth tokens (including Agent SDK) in 3P tools

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Post by azuanrb » Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 1:22 AM UTC

hrpnk wrote: post #5

wahnfrieden wrote: post #3

OpenAI allows it

If it becomes a cost factor for them, they will follow suit. In the end, model providers will want users to use the API.

OpenAPI openly encourage users to use their subscription with their SDK and 3rd party tools like opencode, openclaw. Until they change it, they're still better than Anthropic subscription.

Re: Anthropic bans OAuth tokens (including Agent SDK) in 3P tools

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Post by wahnfrieden » Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 1:29 AM UTC

azuanrb wrote: post #9

hrpnk wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If it becomes a cost factor for them, they will follow suit. In the end, model providers will want users to use the API.

OpenAPI openly encourage users to use their subscription with their SDK and 3rd party tools like opencode, openclaw. Until they change it, they're still better than Anthropic subscription.

It is extreme cope from the Anthropic audience to claim its products and policies have shortcomings only because they are the best and that OpenAI would be as bad as they are if they were the ones in the lead