Connect your Claude plan

BYOK setup — Claude Pro/Max OAuth or Anthropic API key.

Clearly doesn't resell Claude. Your subscription (or your API key) is the AI source. We charge $29/mo for the canvas, brand framework, share infrastructure, and dispatch templates — never for inference. Two paths to connect:

You need the Clearly Mac app installed for plan-OAuth. The Mac daemon talks to Anthropic locally with your credentials — your prompts NEVER pass through Clearly's servers.

Option A: Claude Pro or Max subscription (recommended)

If you already pay Anthropic for Claude Pro ($20/mo) or Max ($100/mo for 5x usage, $200/mo for 20x), connect with plan-OAuth. No new charges. Your Anthropic credit pool covers all Claude work in Clearly.

Open the connect modal

Click "Connect Claude" in the bottom toolbar, OR visit /settings → Claude. The onboarding gate auto-appears for new users.

Click "Sign in with Claude Pro/Max"

The Mac app opens a browser tab to claude.com authorizing Clearly to use your subscription via the Agent SDK.

Authorize on claude.com

You'll see Anthropic's consent screen. Approve. The browser redirects back, and ~/.claude/.credentials.json is written.

Daemon picks up the credential

The Mac app's file watcher detects the new credential within 2 seconds, broadcasts to Clearly, and the Send button unhides.

Agent SDK draws from your monthly credit pool ($20 on Pro, $100 on Max 5x, $200 on Max 20x), separate from interactive Claude chat limits. Heavy usage may exhaust the credit pool before month-end. The floating terminal (Cmd+`) uses the interactive subscription quota instead — more generous, but no canvas integration.

Option B: Anthropic API key

If you don't have a Claude Pro/Max subscription, paste an Anthropic API key (sk-ant-...) instead. Pay-per-token billing direct to Anthropic. Get a key from https://console.anthropic.com.

Generate the key

Anthropic Console → API Keys → Create. Copy the value (you can only see it once).

Paste into Clearly

Connect modal → "Paste API key" → paste the sk-ant-... value. The Mac daemon stores it in macOS Keychain.

Use as normal

Every Send to Claude bills your Anthropic account directly. Cost shows on console.anthropic.com.

Where the credential lives

Plan tokens live in ~/.claude/.credentials.json (Anthropic's CLI manages this). API keys live in macOS Keychain under service clearly-claude-credential. Both are local to your Mac. Clearly's worker has a marker that you've connected (for UI state), but never the credential value itself.

Switch between plan and API key anytime via /settings/subscription → Replace credential. Disconnecting clears both keychain + worker state.

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