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by NewsaHackO 28 days ago
Half of those don't actually require proxying Claude. Also, Claude has made it apparent time and time again that it does not want people using Claude Code as a "tool" in a workflow. If you want to select a model dynamically based on the prompt difficulty, Anthropic wants people to use the API for this. It was the whole issue Claude had with OpenClaw.
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drdexebtjl 28 days ago
This forum is called Hacker News. I would expect most users not to limit themselves to using tools precisely how they were intended to be used.
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nonethewiser 27 days ago
Irrelevant in terms of what sort of usage Anthropic will enforce.
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JCharante 28 days ago
I mean go do it but don't complain about the company adding countermeasures when they don't want you to do it
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gunapologist99 28 days ago
> Also, Claude has made it apparent time and time again that it does not want people using Claude Code as a "tool" in a workflow.

Why would Anthropic get to dictate how someone uses a "tool" (that's literally what Claude Code is... a tool in a workflow)

They're swimming upstream. Trying to maintain a rapidly shrinking moat and not being very creative about it. Making enemies of your users is often a failing strategy.

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AnIrishDuck 28 days ago
> Why would Anthropic get to dictate how someone uses a "tool" (that's literally what Claude Code is... a tool in a workflow)

This is a direct conflict in framing. They clearly do not see Claude Code as a "tool in a workflow" but instead as a service that will eventually replace all programmers.

I think the self-evident quality of the various parts of the Claude Code universe is a pretty obvious indicator of the problems with that approach. It is still important to understand a party's thinking if you want to understand their position.

> They're swimming upstream. Trying to maintain a rapidly shrinking moat and not being very creative about it. Making enemies of your users is often a failing strategy.

Time will tell, but I agree that they are indeed in a tough spot. Probably not for the reasons that they think.

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NewsaHackO 27 days ago
I agree, my wording was a bit off. What I meant was a tool call in a harness. Claude Code should itself be the harness.
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arkits 28 days ago
Why does the Agent SDK or even claude -p exist then?
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