Claude Max Subscription vs API Usage

[hydrohelix]

I read all the documentation for 5.0 and one of the things that was never mentioned were Claude Max subscriptions. Rather, there are documents pointing to the API usage and costs.

I am assuming this is because of Anthropic's stance on 3rd party harnesses. Is this correct?

Are there instances where parts of PAI can use Claude Code with the built-in max authentication and not require an API key? Such as "claude -p" commands?

Thanks!

[jdrolls]

I use it with the Claude Max subscription. Given that it's an add-on to claude code, at least right now, I don't think there are any issues. With V5 also having telegram integration, and it turning more into a "Life OS" I don't know if we are looking at a change to how it is perceived by Anthropic, I've used Max on it for some time and have never had any issues. It's a little different than services that just use Anthropic's Auth but aren't actually using Claude Code.

The AI scene seems to change every week though so this may be completely wrong or outdated in a month.