# Anthropic API Service

### Creating an Anthropic Account

- Go to the Anthropic website and sign up.
- Verify your account as instructed.

### Creating an Anthropic API Key

- Log into your Anthropic account and navigate to the API section.
- Create an API key following their guidelines. Check Anthropic’s API documentation for more details.

### Setting the Anthropic API Key in .Renviron

To modify the `.Renviron` file:

    require(usethis)
    edit_r_environ()

For a persistent setting, add the following line to `.Renviron`, replacing `"<APIKEY>"` with your actual Anthropic API key:

    ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="<APIKEY>"

Save the file and restart your R session for the changes to take effect.

Caution: Ensure `.Renviron` is not exposed if using version control systems.