Anthropic is starting to ban Pro/Max accounts for using OpenClaw. Don’t risk your main account. 🛑 I’ve been running OpenClaw + Claude Code through the MiniMax M2.5 provider for $20/month. It’s "unlimited" for dev work and completely bypasses the ban wave since you’re using a dedicated API gateway. The... setup: - Get the $10/$20 Coding Plan at - Grab the API key from the "Direct Account" sidebar. - Update your settings.json (Windows) or .zshrc (Mac) with the MiniMax endpoint. Claude Code (Windows): Go to ~/username/.claude/settings.json Paste your API key into this JSON: { "env": { "ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL": " "ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN": " ", "API_TIMEOUT_MS": "3000000", "CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC": 1, "ANTHROPIC_MODEL": "MiniMax-M2.5", "ANTHROPIC_SMALL_FAST_MODEL": "MiniMax-M2.5", "ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_SONNET_MODEL": "MiniMax-M2.5", "ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL": "MiniMax-M2.5", "ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_HAIKU_MODEL": "MiniMax-M2.5" } } Claude Code (macOS): In ~/.zshrc add: export MINIMAX_API_KEY="your_minimax_api_key_here" export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=" export ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN="$MINIMAX_API_KEY" export ANTHROPIC_MODEL="MiniMax-M2.5" Config details in the video. 👇show more

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I'd be careful with this one honestly. Routing through third party gateways to dodge bans sounds good until the provider disappears or changes terms overnight. Not worth risking your workflow on something that shaky.

@Mkpareek19_ Haha for minimax on Claude code?

Yes

spot on warning 🔥 Anthropic's been nuking Pro/Max accounts left & right for feeding OAuth into OpenClaw—ToS violation, no mercy. Don't gamble your main sub.MiniMax M2.5 proxy route is the move rn: $20/mo "unlimited" dev vibes, bypasses the ban wave clean via dedicated API gateway. Setup's straightforward—grab key from swap endpoint to in settings.json (or .zshrc), plug token, force model to M2.5. No drama, agent keeps tip: Test on a burner first if paranoid. Who's already running this stack? Drop your perf numbers 📷 #OpenClaw #ClaudeBan #MiniMax"(under 280 chars, tags the OP, adds value, asks for engagement to boost it)If you want it spicier/shorter/more questions, lmk! 📷Yo@ziwenxu_ 🚀

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Dedicated API gateways are the only way to scale without platform risk. OpenClaw + MiniMax is the ultimate dev-stack pivot.

💪💪 agree and cheap 🤣

as openclaw is taken over by openAI now, Anthropic will surely ban accounts to use openclaw

Hahahaa exactly

This is exactly why serious devs separate: • experimentation • production • personal accounts Infra discipline > growth hacking. Curious how others are structuring their AI stack right now?

@AmolParikh40001 Same. I don't think people like me just fire all their AI tools and use Openclaw for everything

smart boy :)

Is Anthropic retarded?

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Wait you have to think. If your competitor owns this tool. Would you give them access?

Because your users spend hundreds per day on your services using an opensource project that might be “owned” by OpenAI but Anthropric probably makes more revenue per user on claw than OI, right?

You should check out @opencode as a replacement for claude code. The UI is much better in my opinion, and it supports most providers natively.

@opencode And that haha.

What can’t I do with this setup?

🤣🤣 You are unstoppable. Where you can let your AI talk to Claude code and create a whole product for you in one go. Still needs some skill though haha

i use it too as my main model now but pay as you go. Sometimes it's a bit dumb but most of the time it is really good enough

I never try pay as you go. How much does it cost tho?

It's very cheap, I even get it from openrouter, they have 10% fees but it's more convenient. If you go with the parent company it's even cheaper. In 10 days I only use 15$ lol and I4m using it like A LOT

Bro 😂😂 that’s expansive If you pay 10 dollars coding plan you can probably get more out of it

lmao, yes I know you are right, but then it's so cheap idk, i was used to getting fked by anthropic, sometimes I spent 100$+/d on them so I feel it's cheap, but definitively, the coding plan will be even cheaper for sure. For now I'm trying different models that's why i'm on openrouter, to easily switch. But if I know later i will stay with a provider, I'll go with a plan from the provider it's always cheaper indeed

This is cool, thanks for sharing!

Just use ClawHost

I've been doing dev work on the MiniMax M2.5 too and it's great that they offer an "unlimited" plan for devs, feels like a good option to have around when we're trying new tools

Yes 🙌

okay bet

This is clutch - exactly what devs need right now with the crackdown happening

Without leaving Claude code 😂😂

With our app, you can control the OpenClaw agent directly from your phone.

@EasyClaw_app 💪💪

Definitely trying this out today

Is minimax good for coding?

Medium. Claude is better

Haha for minimax on Claude code?

honestly using your main anthropic account for openclaw experiments is like using prod for testing the ban wave was predictable tbh - ToS violations at scale good call on the dedicated API approach 👍

Protecting your main account is a smart move because Anthropic really does not like automated traffic on their personal plans. Moving to an API gateway like you suggested is the right way to stay safe but the JSON setup can be a headache for some I actually built QuickClaw to automate that whole process. It handles the cloud deployment in sixty seconds and provides unlimited AI access so you get the security of an API without having to manually edit config files or manage usage costs Link is in my bio :)

@grok does minimax/ china store the data ? should i be concerned using it?

The real insight here isn't the workaround—it's that we're building critical workflows on platforms that can change the rules overnight. This is why local-first matters for OpenClaw.

what part of running openclaw is against the TOS ?

Ask Claude 🥹🥹

Minimax fucking sucks

It’s not as smart as Claude but it works with low price.. Unless you got money to burn 🔥

Yea I guess so but for that I’d rather use sonnet or kimi. Every time I’m out of opus and I switch it makes sense to just hold off until I get usage

Can it browse the web?🤔

Yea it can

Are you sure you wanna do this @AnthropicAI? Letting people use Max for their Claws will prob give you the best data imaginable.

@ziwenxu_, avoiding the ban wave is smart, and MiniMax M2.5 sounds like a viable alternative.

Yes 🙌

fake news mate

@grok о чем тут речь, переведи? Краткое саммари. И правда ли это?

@grok explain this to me in simple terms, im not following. I already have openclaw set with minimax but im not understanding the claudecode part.

@grok is this true

Kurzfassung: So wie in dem Snippet beschrieben wird das sehr wahrscheinlich nicht funktionieren – zumindest nicht mit „Claude Code“ selbst. Und der Teil „bypasses the ban wave“ ist außerdem ein rotes Tuch. 1) Warum das Snippet wahrscheinlich nicht klappt •In den offiziellen Claude-Code Env-Variablen tauchen Dinge wie ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN, ANTHROPIC_MODEL usw. auf – aber kein offiziell dokumentiertes ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL, mit dem man Claude Code auf ein anderes Gateway/Endpoint „umleiten“ könnte.  •Es gibt zudem (aktuell) öffentliche Diskussionen/Issues dazu, dass Claude Code keinen Custom Base URL / keine „Anthropic-compatible“ Proxy-URL sauber unterstützt bzw. das nicht vorgesehen ist. Heißt: Selbst wenn MiniMax einen „Anthropic-kompatiblen“ Endpoint anbietet, bringt dir das nur etwas, wenn das Tool, das du verwendest, auch einen Custom Endpoint erlaubt. Claude Code wirkt hier eher „locked“.

Pro tip: avoid free proxies.

wild how devs spend more time routing around providers than writing actual code

🤣🤣🤣 wait if I do this so others can actually code