Anthropic restores OpenClaw, adds credits

Anthropic said on May 15 that it will again let paid Claude subscribers use OpenClaw and other third-party agent tools, reversing a restriction it imposed in April and replacing it with a separate monthly credit bucket for programmatic usage. The change applies to paid Claude plans and covers the Claude Agent SDK, the `claude -p` command, Claude Code GitHub Actions, and third-party apps built on the Agent SDK, according to a post cited by Gadgets360. Anthropic has also published documentation for Claude Managed Agents, a hosted runtime for long-running autonomous tasks on its developer platform. The moves come as Anthropic pushes Claude deeper into enterprise workflows, including an expanded partnership with PwC announced on May 14. ### Which Claude uses are being restored? OpenClaw is among the third-party tools that will again be allowed under Claude subscription plans once the new credit system starts on June 15, Gadgets360 reported, citing Anthropic’s developer communications. The restored access applies to “third-party apps built on Agent SDK,” alongside Anthropic’s own Agent SDK surfaces and command-line programmatic usage. (gadgets360.com) April is when Anthropic had said Claude subscriptions would not cover third-party tool usage, according to Gadgets360. The new arrangement does not return those uses to a single shared subscription pool; instead, it places them in a dedicated monthly credit allotment that refreshes each billing cycle and does not roll over. (gadgets360.com) ### How much credit does each plan get? Pro subscribers will receive $20 a month in programmatic credit, while Max 5x subscribers will receive $100 and Max 20x subscribers will receive $200, Gadgets360 reported. Team Standard gets $20 per seat and Team Premium gets $100 per seat, the report said. (gadgets360.com) API-style billing remains the meter underneath those credits. Gadgets360 said Anthropic will charge agentic usage at API rates, which means the restored access comes with a fixed spending cap rather than the broader subscription usage model some developers had been using before the April restriction. (gadgets360.com) ### What is Anthropic shipping alongside the pricing change? Claude Managed Agents is now documented as a “pre-built, configurable agent harness that runs in managed infrastructure,” according to Anthropic’s developer documentation. Anthropic says the service is intended for long-running and asynchronous work and gives Claude access to built-in tools so it can read files, run commands, browse the web and execute code inside a managed environment. (gadgets360.com) The documentation says developers define an agent, configure an environment, start a session and then send events while the system persists event history server-side. Anthropic positions that product separately from its Messages API, saying Managed Agents is for users who do not want to build their own agent loop, sandbox or tool-execution layer. (platform.claude.com) ### Where does PwC fit into this push? PwC and Anthropic said on May 14 that they were expanding their strategic alliance, with PwC rolling out Claude Code and Cowork starting with U.S. teams and then expanding toward a global workforce of hundreds of thousands of professionals. The companies also said they would establish a joint Center of Excellence and train and certify 30,000 PwC professionals on Claude. (platform.claude.com) Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s co-founder and chief executive, said in the company announcement that PwC had been leading AI deployment in sectors “where accuracy and reliability are non-negotiable.” Paul Griggs, PwC’s U.S. senior partner and CEO, said clients were looking for AI systems that were “secure, responsible, and capable of delivering measurable outcomes in complex business environments.” (anthropic.com) ### What changes on June 15? June 15 is the date Anthropic attached to the new credit system for paid Claude plans, according to the Gadgets360 report. From that date, subscribers will be able to draw from the dedicated monthly credit pool for programmatic uses, including Agent SDK workloads and supported third-party agent tools such as OpenClaw. (anthropic.com) Anthropic’s managed-agents docs are already live on Claude Platform, and PwC’s expanded rollout names Claude Code, Cowork, a joint Center of Excellence and 30,000 trained professionals as the next concrete milestones in the company’s enterprise push. (platform.claude.com) (gadgets360.com)