The Anthropic provider in BYOK only accepts an API key
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Description
The Anthropic provider in BYOK only accepts an API key (sk-ant-) against api.anthropic.com. That means it can only draw on Anthropic Console credits, which are a separate prepaid balance from a Claude Pro/Max subscription, the two don't transfer.
Please add OAuth / subscription-based auth for the Anthropic provider, the same way Claude Code authenticates via `claude login`. Third-party apps that authenticate against a Claude subscription through the Agent SDK currently draw on subscription usage limits, so the mechanism exists.
As it stands, a paying Claude subscriber has no way to use their own plan in Copilot and has to fund a second balance to do the same work (e.g. to use Fable consumption credits).
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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| App version | 1.1.12 |
| OS | Windows 10.0.26200 |
| Theme | GitHub |
| Path | /chat |
| Tenure | Week 15 |
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Research direction
Start by tracing the BYOK Anthropic provider and comparing its API-key flow with how Claude Code authenticates via `claude login`. Review the Agent SDK authentication behavior described in the issue. Done means Anthropic subscription-based authentication works for Claude subscribers without requiring a separate API-key balance.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- authentication
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100