Unpopular opinion, api users have been massively subsidising subscription users to the detriment of everyone. If you don’t properly charge for a scarce resource it will be squandered by those who don’t value it.
Starting June 15, paid Claude plans can claim a dedicated monthly credit for programmatic usage.
The credit covers usage of:
- Claude Agent SDK
- claude -p
- Claude Code GitHub Actions
- Third-party apps built on the Agent SDK