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Connect your Anthropic account

Outlet needs your Anthropic admin key, which is different from a regular API key. Outlet uses it to create a capped key for each app you approve, inside your own account. It is stored encrypted and never given to any app.

Heads up: this is your API account, not your Claude subscription. The API account lives at platform.claude.com and has its own balance, separate from a Claude Pro or Max plan. Apps connected through Outlet spend from the API balance.

What you need

A Claude Console account that is part of an organization where you hold the admin role. Individual accounts need to set up an organization first; it takes a minute and you automatically become its admin. Admin keys start with sk-ant-admin. Regular keys start with sk-ant-api and will not work for connecting.

Steps

A

Sign in to the Claude Console

Go to platform.claude.com and sign in. Older links to console.anthropic.com land in the same place.

B

Set up your organization (skip if you have one)

Open Organization settings in the sidebar. If Anthropic asks you to create an organization, do it; solo accounts are fine, an organization of one is normal. Admin keys lives in the same section.

The Claude Console Organization settings page with the Organization and Admin keys sidebar entries marked
1  Organization  ·  2  Admin keys, same sidebar section
C

Create the admin key and copy it

Open Admin keys, or go straight to platform.claude.com/settings/admin-keys. Click Create admin key, name it Outlet, and copy the sk-ant-admin... key right away. It is shown only once. If you lose it, delete it there and make a new one. Anthropic's red warning on that page is the point: this key runs your whole organization, so it goes into Outlet and nowhere else.

The Admin keys page with the sidebar entry, the Create admin key button and Anthropic's warning line marked
1  Admin keys  ·  2  Create admin key  ·  boxed: Anthropic's own warning
D

Paste it into Outlet

Back in Outlet, paste the key when asked. Done. You can revoke it any time from the same page, which cuts Outlet off completely.

Never paste your admin key into any app. Only Outlet's connect screen should ever see it. Apps get their own small keys with spending caps; that is the whole point.

Learn more

Anthropic's official pages: Create an Admin API key, Admin API overview and Console roles and permissions.