Getting Started with Claude API in 5 Minutes

Step 1 — Sign up (60 seconds)

Go to aiprimetech.io/register. Enter your email and a password. Confirm via email. Done — you’re in the dashboard.

Step 2 — Add credit (90 seconds)

Click Add Credit in the dashboard. You have several options:

• Credit card — instant, via Stripe. Minimum $5.
• Crypto (USDT, BTC, ETH) — confirms in ~1-5 minutes via Oxapay.
• Airwallex — for businesses needing a real invoice.

$5 is enough for tens of thousands of Sonnet calls or hundreds of Opus calls. Credit never expires.

Step 3 — Generate your API key (30 seconds)

1. Click API Keys in the dashboard sidebar
2. Click Create New Key
3. Give it a name (e.g., “dev-laptop”)
4. Copy the key — it starts with apt- and you’ll only see it once

Step 4 — Make your first call (2 minutes)

Pick your language. All three work identically — same models, same response format, same pricing.

Python (Anthropic SDK)

pip install anthropic

import os
from anthropic import Anthropic

client = Anthropic(
    api_key="apt-your-key-here",
    base_url="https://aiprimetech.io",
)

response = client.messages.create(
    model="claude-opus-4-7",
    max_tokens=1024,
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "What's the capital of Nepal?"}
    ],
)

print(response.content[0].text)

TypeScript / Node.js (Anthropic SDK)

npm install @anthropic-ai/sdk

import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";

const client = new Anthropic({
  apiKey: "apt-your-key-here",
  baseURL: "https://aiprimetech.io",
});

const response = await client.messages.create({
  model: "claude-opus-4-7",
  max_tokens: 1024,
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "What's the capital of Nepal?" }],
});

console.log(response.content[0].text);

Plain curl

curl https://aiprimetech.io/v1/messages \
  -H "x-api-key: apt-your-key-here" \
  -H "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "claude-opus-4-7",
    "max_tokens": 1024,
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "What is the capital of Nepal?"}]
  }'

Step 5 — Pick the right model

AI Prime Tech supports all current Claude models. Pick based on the task:

• claude-opus-4-7 — Hardest reasoning, planning, agentic loops. Most expensive.
• claude-sonnet-4-6 — Great default. Production-ready balance of speed + intelligence.
• claude-haiku-4-5 — Fastest, cheapest. Perfect for classification, simple Q&A, tool dispatch.

That’s it

You’re now using Claude API at 60-80% off official pricing, with the exact same Anthropic SDK you’d use otherwise. Want to plug it into specific tools next? See our other guides:

• Hermes Agent setup
• OpenClaw self-hosted agent

Ready to start? Free signup, no card required.

Make your first Claude API call in under 5 minutes.

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