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In this walkthrough, you’ll set up OpenClaw with a Claude API key from the Agent37 dashboard. By the end, you’ll have a running OpenClaw instance, Anthropic set as the provider, and a quick way to verify everything is working.
Follow the steps below or watch the video.
Video walkthrough
Prerequisites
- An active Agent 37 account
- A running OpenClaw instance inside Agent 37
- An Anthropic Console account
- A valid Claude (Anthropic) API key
Step 1: Create your Claude (Anthropic) API key
- Go to the Anthropic Console and sign in.
- In the left sidebar, open Manage > API Keys.
- Click
Create Key.
- When prompted:
- Select the workspace.
- Enter a name for the key.
- Click Add.
- Copy the generated key.
Claude API keys typically look like:
sk-ant-xxxx...Step 2: Open your Agent 37 instance
- Go to the Agent37 dashboard and sign in.
- Open an existing instance (or create a new one).
- Open Terminal.
Step 3: Configure OpenClaw to use Anthropic
In Terminal, run:
openclaw configureWhen prompted, choose the following:
- Where will the gateway run? >
Local
Continue with:
- Select Section to Configure? >
Model
- Model / Auth Provider >
Anthropic
- Anthropic Auth Model >
Anthropic API Key
- How do you want to provide this API key now? >
Paste API key now
- Enter Anthropic API key > paste the key you copied in Step 1
- Models in /models picker > select your model (example:
anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6)
- After selecting the model >
Continue
Step 4: Verify the configured model
Run:
openclaw models listYou should see the model you selected set as the default in the output.
You have successfully configured the Claude API key.