Claude Code

ai-coding · Anthropic · part of Anthropic · founded 2024

Nerf Index

clean

Executive Summary

1 critical receipt logged.

Primary use case: Terminal AI coding agent.

Total receipts

Critical

Major

Last 90 days

Peak nerf score

major

Avg severity

~267d

Cadence

n/a

Funding stage

11%

Next 30 days

20%

Next 60 days

29%

Next 90 days

Most likely change kind: tier-removed · Expected severity: major

Observed 2 receipts over 267 days (cadence ~134d). Last receipt 114 days ago. Most common kind: tier-removed.

2026-04-21 · minor · nerf 28 · tier-removed
Anthropic tested removing Claude Code from $20 Pro - reversed within 48h
On Apr 21 2026 Anthropic ran a test removing Claude Code from the $20 Pro plan for ~2% of new signups; existing subscribers were not affected. The public docs and landing page were mistakenly updated site-wide, making it look universal. After backlash, Anthropic reversed it within ~48h and responded publicly.
Predicted impact: 24-30% of paid users · ~$12-$60 per user
2025-07-28 · critical · nerf 62 · rate-limit-cut
Anthropic introduces Claude Code weekly rate limits, claims under 5% of users affected
Anthropic announced weekly caps on Claude Code usage. The claim that fewer than 5% were affected was widely disputed; the HN thread hit 609 points and 705 comments.
Predicted impact: 40-70% of paid users · ~$10-$80 per user

Low risk. Vendor has demonstrated stable behavior over the observed period.
Subscribe to receipts at gotnerfed.com/feed.xml or via Slack/Discord/Teams webhooks (paid tier).
Methodology: full scoring rubric at gotnerfed.com/methodology.