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runic dew May 19, 2026, 11:40 AM

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Is there a way to use Claude Max account with Open Claw?

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lament mesaBOT May 19, 2026, 11:41 AM

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runic dew Is there a way to use Claude Max account with Open Claw?

Yes: use the Claude Code / Claude CLI backend, not a Claude Max “API key” path.

On the same machine running OpenClaw, log Claude Code in first:

claude auth login
claude auth status --text
openclaw models auth login --provider anthropic --method cli --set-default

Then OpenClaw can route Anthropic/Claude usage through the local claude CLI session. Direct Anthropic API-key setup is a separate route and usually won’t use your Claude Max subscription.

Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/gateway/cli-backends and https://docs.openclaw.ai/concepts/models

If it doesn’t work, first thing to paste is openclaw --version plus the exact error.

runic dew May 19, 2026, 11:41 AM

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Will there be a difference in quality?

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