Anthropic says OpenClaw-style Claude CLI usage is allowed again

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TL;DR

Anthropic informally re-approved OpenClaw-style CLI usage via employee tweets; no official policy published.

Key Takeaways

  • Custom-prompt CLI usage now counts as ‘extra usage’ billed against subscription budget
  • Policy source is individual employee tweets, not official docs — trust is extremely fragile
  • Many developers already migrated to Codex or other tools during the ambiguity period

Discussion

Top comments:

  • [steipete]: OpenClaw built to Anthropic’s stated guidance but Anthropic still blocks parts of their system prompt

    Boris from Claude Code said publicly on Twitter that CLI-style usage is allowed. We took that seriously and invested time building around that guidance… But in practice, Anthropic still blocks parts of our system prompt.

  • [Alifatisk]: Anthropic employees contradict each other on Twitter; policy could reverse again tomorrow
  • [throwup238]: Most confused product strategy since Google’s GChat rebrandings; forward progress has stalled
  • [mlitwiniuk]: After a year of advocacy, slow quality erosion and policy chaos drove him to Codex

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