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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

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.

Set up your organization (skip if you have one)

Open Settings, then Organization, and create your organization. Anthropic requires one before admin keys appear; solo accounts are fine, an organization of one is normal.

Screenshot slot: Settings > Organization setup

Create the admin key and copy it

Go 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.

Screenshot slot: Create Admin Key dialog

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: Admin API overview and Console roles and permissions.