Anthropic confirms Claude subscriptions work in third-party harnesses like claude -p
daniel_mac8 · x · 2026-10-13
- Anthropic staff confirmed on HN that Claude subscribers can use their subscription in third-party harnesses — including the Claude Agents SDK, claude -p, the Claude API, and Claude Managed Agents — at no extra cost.
- An HN commenter had accused Anthropic of sneaking claude -p out of subscription plans alongside a model release, citing a June episode where the company backpedaled after backlash. Anthropic's luketaylor apologized that a help center article was misleading and clarified claude -p has not been removed from subscriptions.
- Another user noted the feature has worked all along despite contradictory messaging. The poster quips this would have been huge positive news 6 months ago.
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