Quick Start

Quick start

Everything you need to make your first request — sign up, grab a key, set your base URL, and go.

Compatible with OpenAI SDK · Anthropic SDK · cURL

Step 1 — Sign up & get free credit

Step 2 — Create an API key

Step 3 — Set your base URL

OpenAI-compatible base URL https://clauden.ai/v1
Anthropic-compatible base URL https://clauden.ai/v1/anthropic

Step 4 — Send your first request

cURL curl https://clauden.ai/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLAUDEN_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "model": "claude-sonnet-4-6", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}] }'

Send your own API key (starts with sk-) in the Authorization header as a Bearer token.

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