Configure the Anthropic Claude API for AI pipelines and the chat assistant. Required.

Anthropic Claude

Anthropic Claude is the AI engine powering all 17 pipelines and the global chat assistant in GridWork HQ. This is a required integration.

What It Does

Pipeline Server — spawns Claude Code CLI processes for each pipeline run. Different pipelines use different model tiers (Haiku, Sonnet, Opus) based on their complexity.
AI Chat — the floating action button (FAB) on every dashboard page sends messages to Claude via the Anthropic API.
Cron Jobs — scheduled tasks that involve AI processing (friday-update, scope-audit, kb-librarian) use Claude.

Setup

Sign up at console.anthropic.com
Navigate to API Keys and create a new key
Add it to both environment files:

# In gridwork-hq/.env.local
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-your-key-here

# In pipeline-server/.env
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-your-key-here

Environment Variables

Variable	Where	Purpose
`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`	Both `.env.local` and `pipeline-server/.env`	API authentication

Model Routing

Pipelines automatically select the appropriate Claude model tier based on their definition:

Model	Used By	Typical Use
Haiku	kb-librarian, archive-outputs	Light maintenance tasks
Sonnet	prospect, audit (pass 1), build, outreach (pass 1), content (pass 1)	Implementation and drafting
Opus	plan, propose, audit (pass 2), outreach (pass 2), build (review gate)	Planning, review, and high-quality output

Model selection is defined in each pipeline's YAML frontmatter. The spawner reads this automatically — you do not need to configure it.

Cost Expectations

AI Chat: approximately $0.01-0.05 per exchange
Pipeline runs: varies by model and complexity. A prospect run (Opus) costs more than a kb-librarian run (Haiku).
Cron jobs: minimal cost for lightweight scheduled tasks

Claude Code CLI

The pipeline server spawns Claude Code CLI processes. Install it globally:

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

Configure permissions in ~/.claude/settings.json:

{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "Bash(git *)",
      "Bash(npm *)",
      "Bash(node *)",
      "Read",
      "Write",
      "Edit"
    ]
  }
}

Without This Integration

Without ANTHROPIC_API_KEY:

All 17 pipelines will fail to execute
The AI chat FAB will not function
AI-powered cron jobs will fail
The dashboard itself will still load and function for non-AI features

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