Anthropic cuts Claude Code usage limits up to 40x
Anthropic sharply reduced usage limits for developers accessing Claude Code through third-party tools built on its Agent SDK, with cuts reaching 40x for some integrations. Theo Browne, CEO of T3 Chat, said the reductions eliminated multiple reasonable use cases and accused the company of dishonest framing. Danielle Fong reposted the criticism and highlighted resulting confusion over acceptable applications such as CI pipelines, personal software, and open source projects.
#1829Theo - t3.gg@THEO@Sentdex Dishonest framing. There’s a ton of reasonable use cases that Claude Code users relied on that they made impossible. The confusion is insane. They framed a 40x decrease in usage limits like a new feature.
How can you defend this?
Matt Pocock@mattpocockukI don't know what the fuss is about. Anthropic's rules on using subscriptions are very simple: Claude Code = OK Claude's online platform = OK Agent SDK running in personal software = OK... ish? Agent SDK running in commercial software = NOT OK Claude Code running in CI = ?? Oh, maybe it's not so simple... Agent SDK running in CI = ?? claude -p running in CI = ?? claude -p running in personal software = OK claude -p running on open source software, but run on my personal computer = ?? claude -p running on distributed sandboxes, kicked off by me = ?? Distributing open source software which relies on claude -p, and documenting how to use your subscription with it = ?? A thousand other edge cases = ?? Let me be clear. I have never before experienced, from any developer tool, such a frustrating lack of clarity over the basic terms of usage. I personally asked, 3 weeks ago, and have received nothing but delays. The recent @bcherny announcement did absolutely nothing to clarify things. I say this as someone who just released a Claude Code course - my incentives all align with supporting Anthropic.
#1829Theo - t3.gg@THEOI can't help but feel personally burned by the Claude Code changes announced today.
We put so much work into wrapping the (atrocious) Claude Agent SDK in T3 Code. It was the ONLY path they supported, so we made it work. It was hell.
Now our users are getting their rate limits cut by 40x, despite us doing everything right.
I listened to the Claude Code team. I had my issues with their direction, but I trusted them and took them at their word.
I will never make that mistake again.
Until we see significant change, it is safe to assume any statement from an Anthropic employee is a lie on a timer.
The rug will be pulled, no matter how many promises are made beforehand.
#1829Theo - t3.gg@THEOFor every person who replies with a screenshot of their cancelled Claude Code plan, I will donate $10 to open source.
Theo - t3.gg@theoI can't help but feel personally burned by the Claude Code changes announced today. We put so much work into wrapping the (atrocious) Claude Agent SDK in T3 Code. It was the ONLY path they supported, so we made it work. It was hell. Now our users are getting their rate limits cut by 40x, despite us doing everything right. I listened to the Claude Code team. I had my issues with their direction, but I trusted them and took them at their word. I will never make that mistake again. Until we see significant change, it is safe to assume any statement from an Anthropic employee is a lie on a timer. The rug will be pulled, no matter how many promises are made beforehand.
#1829Theo - t3.gg@THEOKind of crazy that Anthropic spends more time trying to lock out better apps and harnesses instead of just fixing Claude Code