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# Onboarding Anthropic account onto Economize

After signing up with [Economize](https://www.economize.cloud/signup) to connect your Anthropic account, select the **Connect Anthropic** option when choosing your provider, and follow these steps:

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## **Step 1: Create a Connection**

Economize integrates with the Anthropic account using the Admin API through the [Usage and Cost API](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/api/usage-cost-api).

1. Sign in to the [Anthropic console](https://console.anthropic.com/dashboard).
2. In the left sidebar, under **Manage**, choose **API keys**.
3. Click **Admin keys**, then hit **+ Create Admin Key**.
4. Enter **Economize** as the key name and click **Add**.
5. Copy the newly created key. Admin keys start with `sk-ant-admin`.

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## Step 2: Add configuration information to Economize console <a href="#save-credentials" id="save-credentials"></a>

After you complete all the above steps, add the **Admin Name,** and **Admin Key Value** you previously obtained into the Economize console, then click **Connect**.

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**SUCCESS**

It can take upto 15 minutes to ingest Anthropic costs. As soon as they are processed, they will be available within Economize.
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