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title: "Connect Cline to the Claude API"
description: "Set up Cline in VS Code with the apiToken.sale Anthropic-compatible endpoint, one API key, and your preferred supported Claude model."
url: "https://apitoken.sale/int-cline"
language: "en"
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# Connect Cline to the Claude API

Set up Cline in VS Code with the apiToken.sale Anthropic-compatible endpoint, one API key, and your preferred supported Claude model.

## Steps

1. Create a key at https://apitoken.sale/register — it looks like `sk-pool-…` and works across every Claude model.
2. Point Cline at the gateway: set the Anthropic base URL to `https://api.apitoken.sale` and paste your key.
3. Pick a Claude model (e.g. `claude-opus-4-8`) and start — billing is per token at your discount.

## Configuration

```
Cline settings:
API Provider: Anthropic
Base URL:     https://api.apitoken.sale
API Key:      sk-pool-…
Model:        claude-opus-4-8
```

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API reference: https://apitoken.sale/md/docs · All integrations: https://apitoken.sale/md/int