Get and connect your Anthropic key

Every plan runs Live on your own Claude API key (BYOK): create one in the Claude Console and save it once for your organization.

Updated September 30, 2026 · 2 min read

Why your own key

You pay Anthropic directly. Tokens are billed to your Anthropic account at its prices. The platform doesn't charge for tokens and adds no markup.
You stay in control. Spend limits, usage reports and revoking the key are in your Claude Console.
No key yet? Simulation runs every workflow without one, at no cost.

Open the Claude Console
Sign in at console.anthropic.com (create an account with your company e-mail if you don't have one).
Add credits
In Billing, add credits: the API is prepaid.
Set a spend limit
In Limits, set a monthly spend limit. It's your safety net.
Create the key
In API Keys, choose Create Key, name it (for example “AI Context Orchestrator”) and copy it. It starts with sk-ant- and is shown only once.

Open Connections
Go to Connections and find Claude (Anthropic).
Save it
Paste the key and save. It's encrypted in the Vault (AES-256-GCM) as soon as it arrives and never comes back to the browser.
Check the test
The app tests the key right away. Connected means Live runs and the Co-Pilot can use it.

A single workflow can use a different key: save it on its Root Orchestrator (Vault). Otherwise every workflow uses the organization's key.

Symptom	What to do
“BYOK required” when running Live	No key is saved for the organization or on the Root Orchestrator: connect one as above.
The test says the key was refused	It was revoked, mistyped or belongs to another account: create a new one and save it again.
Runs stopped with a rate-limit message	Your Anthropic account hit its rate or spend limit: wait, or raise the limit in the Console.
You want to rotate it	Save a new key the same way: every workflow follows. Then revoke the old one in the Console.