Anthropic “stop” payment based on Claude Agent SDK tokens

“If you’re a developer using Claude as your first Opus contributor, you’re going to mess up the first week,” writes Matthew Diakonov.

“For anyone who uses a lot of agents, this is very expensive,” coders Zed warned users after Anthropic announced plans to change Agent SDK pricing.

On Monday, however, Anthropic offered these electricity users a refund, updating its payment support page saying “it was disabling the Claude Agent SDK implementation described below.” The company says that “for now, nothing has changed” and that it is “working to update the system to support the way users build with Claude’s subscribers.” Some users say receive similar information through email from Anthropic.

“Nothing is changing at this point.”

The sudden pushback on API pricing comes just weeks after GitHub Copilot rolled out its payment changes, which attachment vibration for many users who found themselves exceeding the new limit on their subscriptions. It also comes as Anthropic prepares for a crowdfunded startup to write confidential documents and a Securities and Exchange Commission.

While temporary refunds are a welcome issue for Claude Agent SDK users, they should expect to pay full fees for long-term use. In April, the Anthropic Director of Claude Code Boris Cherny he said “Our subscriptions are not designed to be used by third-party devices,” meaning programming languages ​​like OpenClaw which were no longer covered under approved subscription plans. “Affordability is something we carefully monitor and prioritize for our customers using our products and APIs. …