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OAuth Access for Anthropic

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area: assistant enhancement support
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Description

System details:

Positron and OS details:

Positron Version: 2025.08.0 build 130
Code - OSS Version: 1.102.0
Commit: 76ddce53e85437b013671fe7d91a3a1c54f48341
Date: 2025-08-01T20:08:51.894Z (1 mo ago)
Electron: 35.6.0
Chromium: 134.0.6998.205
Node.js: 22.15.1
V8: 13.4.114.21-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

Session details:

R 4.4.1
Positron Assistant Claude

Describe the issue:

Hi, I am looking to be able to use the ability for OAuth with Positron Assistant. Right now only the API Key ability can be used and my company is on a subscription model so we only have SSO login not individual API Keys.

Expected or desired behavior:

Ability to OAuth / SSO in to Anthropic Positron Assistant

Were there any error messages in the UI, Output panel, or Developer Tools console?

N/A

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Research direction

Start by tracing the existing Positron Assistant Anthropic integration and its API-key authentication path; the issue does not name specific files or tests. Compare that flow with the requested OAuth/SSO behavior and identify the authentication entry points and provider constraints before proposing scope; done means Anthropic subscription users can sign in without an individual API key.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
ai, authentication
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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