How to connect Anthropic Claude
This guide creates an Anthropic Admin API key so CloudMonitor can read Claude usage and cost data from your organization. Allow about 5 minutes. You need to be an Anthropic organization owner to complete it.
Step 1 — Generate an Admin API key
Section titled “Step 1 — Generate an Admin API key”Open console.claude.com → Settings → Admin Keys.
Click Create Admin Key. Name it CloudMonitor. The key is shown only once — copy it now.
Admin keys are organization-scoped. They can read usage across every workspace you own and cannot call Claude models.
Step 2 — Add the key in CloudMonitor
Section titled “Step 2 — Add the key in CloudMonitor”In the CloudMonitor Admin App, go to Settings → AI providers → Anthropic Claude → Add connector.
Paste the Admin key. Click Verify.
Step 3 — Confirm the 14-day backfill
Section titled “Step 3 — Confirm the 14-day backfill”CloudMonitor pulls the most recent 14 days as proof the connector works. You should see:
- Token use broken down by workspace, API key, model, and service tier
- Prompt caching split into uncached input, cache writes (1.25× or 2× the standard input rate depending on TTL), and cache reads (0.1× the standard input rate)
- Standard, priority, and batch tier usage — batch is the 50% discount channel
- Dollar cost from the
/v1/organizations/cost_reportendpoint, in USD
If the totals match the Usage tab in the Anthropic Console, click Save.
Step 4 — Polling cadence
Section titled “Step 4 — Polling cadence”CloudMonitor polls hourly for the current day and backfills T-2 daily. Reports refresh as new data lands.