Get a key

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AI Creator API speaks the Anthropic and OpenAI protocols: your harness works with it just as with the official API. You need a key, a balance and the base URL.

1. A key#

Sign in to the dashboard and create a key on the Keys page. A key starts with sk-aic- and is shown once, so save it right away. A key’s limits and how to change them are in Keys and limits.

Create a key

2. Balance#

Top up on the Billing page: a card in rubles or crypto, any amount from $1 to $1000. Requests are charged from the balance by actual tokens; prices are on the pricing page.

3. Base URL#

  • Anthropic clients (Claude Code): https://api.aicreator.app
  • OpenAI clients (Codex, Cline, OpenCode, Aider, SDKs): https://api.aicreator.app/v1

The key goes in the Authorization: Bearer sk-aic-… or x-api-key header. If both arrive and differ, x-api-key wins.

If the address above is unreachable from Russia or answers get cut off, use the same API at https://api-ru.aicreator.app: the key, the paths and the balance are the same.

4. Check#

The models your key can use:

bash
export AIC_API_KEY=sk-aic-…
curl https://api.aicreator.app/v1/models \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIC_API_KEY"

A first request:

bash
curl https://api.aicreator.app/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIC_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "gpt-6-astra", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]}'

5. Your tool#

Each tool has its setup on a page of its own:

Your own code on the Anthropic or OpenAI SDK is covered in How the API works.

Requests that reached a model show up in the dashboard with their tokens, money and latency. If a request fails, see Troubleshooting.