Anthropic to disable Claude Agent SDK and 'claude -p' access starting June 15

Anthropic updated a Help Center article on May 15 to say that, starting June 15, 2026, usage through the Claude Agent SDK and the `claude -p` command will no longer count toward a customer’s Claude plan usage limits. The change applies to Claude subscription plans rather than API-key billing, according to the company’s support documentation. Anthropic said plan limits themselves are not increasing as part of the change. Instead, the company said those limits will remain tied to interactive use of Claude products. ### What exactly is changing on June 15? Anthropic’s Help Center said “Claude Agent SDK and `claude -p` usage no longer counts toward your Claude plan’s usage limits” starting June 15, 2026. The same article said subscription usage limits “stay the same” and are “reserved for interactive use of Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and Claude.” The May 15 support update frames the change as a billing and metering shift, not a feature shutdown. Anthropic’s documentation says customers on Claude plans will still have the same subscription caps, but SDK-driven and `claude -p` usage will be excluded from those caps once the policy takes effect. (support.claude.com) ### Does this mean Anthropic is disabling the SDK or `claude -p`? Anthropic’s published support language does not say the Claude Agent SDK or `claude -p` are being turned off on June 15. The article says those forms of usage will “no longer count” toward Claude plan limits, which describes a metering change rather than a product removal. (support.claude.com) The wording matters because the title of the support page is “Use the Claude Agent SDK with your Claude plan.” Anthropic says the option will be “available on Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans starting on June 15, 2026,” which indicates continued access for those plan types under the updated policy. (support.claude.com) ### Which customers are covered, and who is not? Anthropic’s Help Center says the updated treatment applies to Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans. Those are the subscription tiers named in the support article announcing the June 15 change. API-key customers are treated differently. The same support page says “Claude Platform accounts using an API key don’t receive a credit” and that “pay-as-you-go billing continues as before,” meaning the change is aimed at Claude subscription accounting rather than Anthropic’s separate API pricing model. (support.claude.com) ### What still counts against Claude plan limits? Anthropic’s support article says interactive use will still consume plan limits after June 15. It specifically names “interactive use of Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and Claude” as the activity that remains covered by subscription usage limits. A separate Claude Code help page published in April says usage is metered differently depending on how a user signs in, and Anthropic’s general usage-limits page describes those limits as a “conversation budget” for messages and Claude Code sessions. (support.claude.com) Together, those pages show Anthropic already distinguishes between types of use inside the same broader product family. ### Why is Anthropic making the change now? Anthropic said on May 6 that it had raised Claude usage limits and signed a compute partnership with SpaceX that would add more than 300 megawatts of capacity, or over 220,000 Nvidia GPUs, within the month. The company said that extra capacity would “directly improve capacity for Claude Pro and Claude Max subscribers.” (support.claude.com) Anthropic did not say in the Help Center article that the June 15 metering change was caused by that compute deal. But the company has publicly linked recent capacity additions to higher usage limits for Claude products, including Claude Code and the API. ### Where did Anthropic document the policy? Anthropic published the change in its Help Center article titled “Use the Claude Agent SDK with your Claude plan,” which was marked as published three days before May 16 and notes the June 15, 2026 effective date. (anthropic.com) The article sits in the company’s Claude help documentation alongside pages on usage limits, Claude Code access and plan selection. June 15, 2026 is the next concrete milestone in the rollout. On that date, Anthropic says the new treatment for Claude Agent SDK and `claude -p` usage will begin for Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise subscribers. (support.claude.com)