Introduction
What AI Prime Tech is, which endpoints it speaks, and how it differs from calling Anthropic directly.
AI Prime Tech is an Anthropic-compatible API gateway. Connect your SDK or agent to the gateway, choose the key group for your access, and use the model IDs available to that key.
Base URL
https://aiprimetech.ioAPI formatsAnthropic Messages and OpenAI Chat Completions
Auth
x-api-key (Anthropic style) or Authorization: Bearer (OpenAI style)ModelsAvailable IDs depend on the key group; see Models and key groups.
BillingPrepaid credits, or a flat-rate unlimited plan
Setup timeTwo environment variables
What you get
| Area | What it means |
|---|---|
| Drop-in compatibility | The same request bodies, the same response shapes, the same streaming events as the official APIs. You change the base URL, not your code. |
| Key groups | Select the access group for the provider and billing route you intend to use. Check the model list with that same key. |
| Both wire formats | /v1/messages for Anthropic-style clients, /v1/chat/completions for OpenAI-style clients — against the same models. |
| Tool compatibility | Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, Aider, Zed, Continue, OpenCode and anything else that honours a custom base URL. |
| Pay-as-you-go | Prepaid credits that do not expire, or a flat-rate unlimited plan for a fixed window. |
How it differs from calling Anthropic directly
Functionally it should not differ at all — that is the design goal. The differences that matter are commercial and operational:
- Price. Published rates run 60–80% below list for the Claude family. See Pricing.
- No waitlist or org approval. An account and a top-up are all that is needed.
- Payment options. Bank card or crypto, including from regions where Anthropic billing is unavailable.
- Routing. Requests are distributed across upstream capacity with automatic failover, so a single upstream error does not surface as a hard failure.
We are a reseller of API capacity, not Anthropic. If you need a contractual relationship with Anthropic itself, an enterprise SLA, or data-processing terms signed by Anthropic, use the official API. AI Prime Tech is an independently operated API gateway. "Claude" and "Anthropic" are trademarks of Anthropic; we are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic, OpenAI or Google.
Which format should I use?
Use whichever your tool already speaks — both hit the same models and cost the same.
| If your tool is… | Use | Auth header |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code, Anthropic SDK, Cline, any Claude client | POST /v1/messages | x-api-key |
| Cursor, Continue, OpenAI SDK, LangChain, LiteLLM | POST /v1/chat/completions | Authorization: Bearer |