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1. Sign up + grab your master key

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Create an account

Sign up at qlaud.ai/sign-up. $5 starter credit, no card required.
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Mint a master (admin) key

Go to API keys, click Create, set the scope to Master (admin). This is the key you’ll use server-side to mint per-user keys.Copy the qlk_live_... it shows once — we only store the hash.
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Set your env

2. Send your first request

3. Try a different model

Change model to one of: Same body, same auth, same usage record.

4. Use it from Claude Code

Works with Cursor, Cline, Aider — anything that reads ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL / ANTHROPIC_API_KEY.

5. Next: per-user billing

If you’re building a product on top of this, you don’t want every end-user hitting your master key. Read the per-user billing quickstart — that’s where qlaud actually shines.