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The past decade has witnessed rapid advancements in chloride-ion batteries (CIBs), including the development of transition metal chlorides, oxychlorides and layered double hydroxide cathode materials, as well as organic, aqueous, and solid-state electrolyte systems. However, research on anode materials has still been limited to a few strong alkaline metals due to the high demand for Cl- affinity. The inherent insulating chlorinated phase and reconstructed chlorination process of these metallic anodes are the most severe obstacles to the practical application of CIBs. Herein, high-throughput screening is applied to explore the potential anode materials from the layered perovskite oxychlorides (A2TMO3Cl). The screened Ca2CoO3Cl and Ba2RhO3Cl are identified that can maintain their layered structure during electrochemical processes, thereby enabling a stable Cl- (de)intercalation reaction process. Strong alkaline metals in A2TMO3Cl are directly connected to Cl-, ensuring strong binding ability to meet the requirements of CIB anodes. Meanwhile, transition metal in A2TMO3Cl acts as a redox center, which provides Cl- storage capacity and good electrical conductivity. Based on such a layered framework, Ca2CoO3Cl and Ba2RhO3Cl possess low Cl- diffusion barriers of 0.50 and 0.52 eV, which are numerically and mechanically improved compared to those of the reported CIB anode materials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]