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What

The desktop app can now connect to Anthropic directly with just an API key, instead of asking the user to type a base URL.

Fixes #1898

Why

Anthropic's SDK has its URL built in, so models.dev states no api URL for it and the remote catalog marked Anthropic needs_url. Anthropic serves an OpenAI SDK compatibility layer at https://api.anthropic.com/v1, which is what OpenAICompatibleChatProvider speaks.

Changes

  • scripts/remote_manifest/endpoints.py: add anthropic to the reviewed table, citing Anthropic's docs.
  • modules/llm/catalog/remote/manifest/models.json: only Anthropic's connect block changes (needs_url → ready, base_url_origin: reviewed). I did not run a full refresh, to keep unrelated upstream churn out of this PR; the block is byte-identical to what translate() produces from the current models.dev entry.
  • tests/fixtures/models_dev_sample.json: recorded Anthropic entry from models.dev (one model), plus a unit test for its connect state.
  • docs/proposals/model-catalog.md: move Anthropic from "not yet verified" to the reviewed providers (7 → 8, 16 → 15).

How I tried it

  • tests/unit/scripts/test_remote_manifest.py: 20 passed.
  • The committed manifest validates against RemoteManifest.
  • python scripts/check_docs.py: 0 problems.

Anthropic's own key headers

Anthropic's GET /v1/models reads x-api-key and anthropic-version, not a bearer token. A key for api.anthropic.com is now sent that way for discovery, chat and images (modules/llm/connections/key_headers.py); every other server keeps Authorization: Bearer. With a dummy key, both /v1/models and /v1/chat/completions reach key validation with these headers. Not yet tried with a valid key.

  • tests/unit/llm/test_key_headers.py: listing and discovery send Anthropic's headers; other servers keep the bearer token.
  • docs/architecture/connections.md: documents the one provider-specific header.
  • uv run pytest tests/unit/llm tests/unit/scripts tests/integration/llm: 3015 passed; test_sdcpp_slots.py::test_an_install_can_fill_the_editing_slot fails on dev without this change too.

High-level PR Summary

This PR enables direct connection to Anthropic's API using just an API key, eliminating the need for users to manually enter a base URL. It leverages Anthropic's OpenAI SDK compatibility layer at https://api.anthropic.com/v1 and updates the remote catalog to mark Anthropic as ready instead of needs_url. The changes include updating the reviewed endpoints table, modifying the remote manifest, adding test fixtures, and updating documentation to reflect Anthropic as a verified provider.

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1 surfsense_local/backend/scripts/remote_manifest/endpoints.py
2 docs/proposals/model-catalog.md
3 surfsense_local/backend/modules/llm/catalog/remote/manifest/models.json
4 surfsense_local/backend/tests/fixtures/models_dev_sample.json
5 surfsense_local/backend/tests/unit/scripts/test_remote_manifest.py

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  • New Features
    • Anthropic is now listed as a reviewed provider with a preset API endpoint, so users no longer need to enter the endpoint URL manually.
    • The provider catalog now includes eight reviewed fixed endpoints, and Anthropic is no longer included among providers requiring a user-entered URL.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Requests to Anthropic use the API key and version headers required by its API. Other OpenAI-compatible providers continue to use bearer-token authorization.

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Anthropic is registered as a reviewed fixed endpoint at https://api.anthropic.com/v1. The manifest marks the endpoint ready, and the development fixture adds a Claude model configuration. Discovery, chat, and image requests use Anthropic-specific API key headers.

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Anthropic Provider Support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Register and validate Anthropic endpoint
surfsense_local/backend/scripts/remote_manifest/endpoints.py, surfsense_local/backend/modules/llm/catalog/remote/manifest/models.json, surfsense_local/backend/tests/fixtures/models_dev_sample.json, surfsense_local/backend/tests/unit/scripts/test_remote_manifest.py, docs/proposals/model-catalog.md
The endpoint registry and manifest use Anthropic’s reviewed API URL. The sample fixture adds a claude-sonnet-5 model configuration. The unit test checks the endpoint status and URL, and the proposal table lists Anthropic among reviewed fixed endpoints.
Apply provider-specific API key headers
surfsense_local/backend/modules/llm/connections/key_headers.py, surfsense_local/backend/modules/llm/connections/service.py, surfsense_local/backend/modules/llm/providers/openai_compatible/chat.py, surfsense_local/backend/modules/llm/providers/openai_compatible/image.py, surfsense_local/backend/tests/unit/llm/test_key_headers.py, docs/architecture/connections.md
The shared helper sends x-api-key and anthropic-version to api.anthropic.com, and bearer authorization to other hosts. Discovery, chat, and image request paths use the helper. Tests cover Anthropic and OpenAI model-listing headers and Anthropic discovery.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 6c44e

Users with multi-workspace Anthropic keys may be unable to save a direct connection. Add workspace selection and pass its ID with Anthropic requests before merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 6c44e

The new connection uses a fixed HTTPS endpoint, and the changed credential handling appears to preserve existing destination checks. No introduced credential-exposure path was established, but operation with a valid key has not been verified.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The affected credential path is a user's configured LLM connection and its discovery or provider requests. The changed header policy does not extend Anthropic-specific headers to other hostnames.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Credential-header selection uses the parsed hostname, while connection probing and stored use retain destination authorization checks. The inspected discovery, chat, and image clients do not enable redirect following.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Consider requiring HTTPS when applying hosted-provider credential headers. The reviewed Anthropic URL already uses HTTPS, but the existing URL normalization also permits HTTP for configured connections; this is not established as a PR-introduced exposure.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely summarizes the main change: enabling direct Anthropic connections using only an API key.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #1898 requests a desktop-app option to use the Anthropic Claude API without a gateway. The PR registers https://api.anthropic.com/v1 as a reviewed endpoint and changes Anthropic's manifest sta…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The endpoint registration, manifest fixture, model-catalog documentation, and connection-header changes support issue #1898. The tests verify Anthropic discovery headers and preserve bearer authentica…
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Anthropic's SDK has its URL built in, so models.dev states none and the
desktop app asked the user to type one. Add Anthropic's OpenAI SDK
compatibility endpoint to the reviewed table so the provider is ready
with a key alone, and update the committed manifest to match.

Closes MODSetter#1898
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162-165: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a provider-specific mocked discovery assertion.

The Anthropic test checks only _connect metadata. Add a focused mocked check for GET https://api.anthropic.com/v1/models, bearer authentication, and at least one returned model ID. Existing integration tests cover the generic credentialed models route with openai_server, so a live Anthropic route-and-picker test is not required.

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Extend the Anthropic test to mock provider discovery and assert that it requests
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- Line 951: Update the Anthropic entry’s connect configuration so it is not
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setting the connection status to needs_url and removing the prefilled base URL
until support for the required authentication headers exists.

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Anthropic's GET /models reads x-api-key and anthropic-version, not a
bearer token, so discovery could reject a valid key. A key for
api.anthropic.com now goes in those headers for discovery, chat and
images; every other server keeps the bearer token.
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if not api_key:
return {}
if urlsplit(base_url).hostname == _ANTHROPIC_HOST:
return {"x-api-key": api_key, "anthropic-version": _ANTHROPIC_VERSION}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Support Anthropic multi-workspace keys.

If a user enters a personal or service account key with access to multiple workspaces, Anthropic requires anthropic-workspace-id on every request. key_headers has no workspace ID input, so connection discovery fails with HTTP 400 before the user can save the connection. Add a way to select a workspace and pass its ID through discovery and provider requests. (platform.claude.com)

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Update key_headers to accept an optional workspace ID and include the Anthropic
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Code LGTM. Need to test with live key. Good to go into dev.

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