Connect Anthropic API
You need Admin API key. About two minutes.
1Get your Admin API key
Admin API key
sk-ant-admin…- Sign in to the Claude Console as an organization member with the admin role.
- Open Settings, Admin keys.
- Click Create key, name it, choose an expiration and click Create.
- Copy the sk-ant-admin01 key now: it is shown only once.
From the organization settings. A normal API key is refused.
Open the pagehttps://platform.claude.com/settings/admin-keys
2Add it to CreditBar
- Open CreditBar from the menu bar and choose Settings, then Accounts.
- Click Add account and pick Anthropic API.
- Paste the Admin API key into the matching field, and give the account a label you will recognise.
- Click Test connection, then Add. Numbers appear in the menu bar within a minute.
Keys are stored in your Mac's Keychain and only ever sent to Anthropic API. Nothing passes through a CreditBar server.
3What it reads
- Reports
- daily organisation spend for the last 30 days
- Calls
- https://api.anthropic.com/v1/organizations/cost_report
- Refreshes
- At most every 15 minutes
- API docs
- Anthropic API reference, checked 2026-09-16
Reports API spend, not a balance, and needs an Admin key. For a Claude subscription's quota, use the Claude Code provider instead.