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# Anthropic Application Integration Setup

### Getting started

BalkanID recommends creating a separate service account for the purposes of this integration, instead of using personal or employee named accounts.

#### Requirements:

* ***Admin API Key***
* ***Organization API Key (Managed Agents)***

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The Anthropic Admin API is unavailable for individual Claude accounts. You must use an Anthropic **organization**. Only organization members with the **admin** role can create Admin API keys.
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#### Create an Admin API Key

1. Login to the [Claude Console](https://platform.claude.com/) with an organization member who has the **admin** role.
2. Navigate to *Settings* > *Admin keys*.
3. Click the **Create key** button.
4. Provide a name for the key.
5. Copy the *key value* to your clipboard. Store it securely for future purposes. Admin API keys start with `sk-ant-admin`.

In addition to the Admin API Key above, ensure your Anthropic organization can expose API key inventory and usage data so BalkanID can discover [Anthropic Credentials](/getting-started/entitlement-data-discovery/credentials-discovery/anthropic-credentials.md).

#### Create an Organization API Key (Managed Agents)

The Organization API Key is required to discover managed agents and vault-backed credentials. If you do not need managed agent discovery, you can leave this field empty in BalkanID.

1. In the Claude Console, create an organization API key for your organization.
2. Copy the *key value* to your clipboard. Store it securely for future purposes.

In addition to the Organization API Key above, [Agents](/agents/introduction-to-agents.md) discovery must be enabled for your tenant (Early Access). For what BalkanID surfaces after sync, see [Anthropic: Agents](/agents/onboarding-agents/discovering-agents-from-integrations/anthropic-agents.md).

### Configure Anthropic within your BalkanID tenant

1. Login to the BalkanID application and switch to the tenant you would like to add your integration to.
2. Head to *Integrations* > **Add Integration**, select **Anthropic.**<br>

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3. Set up the *Primary Application owner (mandatory)* and the *Description*, if any. Set up Secondary Application Owner(s), if any.

   Select the Extraction Type. From here, you can configure your application using one of the following methods:

   1. **Direct integration** - Provide your Admin API Key and Organization API Key (Managed Agents) obtained above to set up a direct connection with BalkanID.

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4. Click on next to move onto *Optional Configuration.*
5. Fill **Optional configuration,** if required.<br>

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6. Once you filled in the information, click **Save**. Your integration is now configured and you will see the status of the integration displayed alongside other integrations on the *Integrations* page. When data is available, the integration Status will read **Connected** and the integration Message will read **Data available**.


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