Why Anthropic Just Blocked Your Favorite AI Tool

Hello Builders! 👋

Anthropic just pulled the rug on third-party Claude Code integrations, and the builder community is rightfully pissed (291 comments and counting). They're blocking API access for anyone using Claude Code subscriptions outside their official apps.

Here's why this matters: developers built entire workflows around these integrations, only to have them killed overnight. It's the classic platform risk playbook – let the community build cool stuff, then shut it down when you want to control the ecosystem.

The real kicker? Many builders specifically chose Claude over other AI providers because of the flexibility. Now they're scrambling to migrate or find workarounds.

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Wild that Anthropic's locking down Claude Code access while everyone's literally reverse-engineering it in 200 lines. The cat's out of the bag, these AI coding patterns aren't proprietary magic anymore.

What are you building or shipping this week?

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P.S. If you're running local AI automations with n8n and Ollama, you're basically immune to API drama. Just saying.