Claude now works with OpenClaw again, but developers say Anthropic’s SDK pricing makes AI coding workflows far more expensive in 2026.

Claude subscription billing changes June 15 as Anthropic moves Agent SDK and claude -p to a separate per-user credit of $20 ...

If an agent is inefficient and burns through tokens, it simply drains the user's new $20 to $200 Agent SDK credit budget faster, rather than exceeding the value of Anthropic's fixed monthly ...

Anthropic said paid Claude subscribers will get a separate monthly credit pool for agent tools beginning June 15, ...

Claude Sonnet 4.5—Anthropic's most capable coding model yet—is now available worldwide. The new model is a big step forward for building complex agents, thanks to clear jumps in reasoning and math.