Connect your Claude account
Your agents run on your Claude plan. Log in with Anthropic once, add more accounts if you have them, or add an API key.
Your agents run on your Claude account, so Yardmaster needs to be connected to it. You log in with Anthropic once and Yardmaster remembers it.
This is a different sign-in from the Google one that opens Yardmaster itself. That one is in Sign in to Yardmaster.
Connect your account#
Open Settings > Accounts.
Under Add Account, click Log In with Anthropic. Your web browser opens Anthropic's sign-in page.
Sign in with your Claude account and approve Yardmaster.
Go back to Yardmaster. Your account now shows under Login Accounts.
You can also do this the first time you open Yardmaster: the welcome steps ask you to Sign In with Anthropic.
Add a second account#
If you have more than one Claude account, add each the same way. With two or more, Yardmaster shares the work between them:
Auto-Switch Account on Rate Limit: when one account hits its usage limit, sessions move to an account that still has room.
Distribute Sessions Across Accounts: new sessions spread across your login accounts instead of filling one first, so your limits last longer.
Both are on until you turn them off, in Settings > Accounts.
What happens when you hit a limit#
When every account is at its limit, the affected sessions turn orange and wait. They pick back up on their own when a limit resets or an account has room again. You do not need to do anything.
Use an Anthropic API key#
An API key is optional. It powers extras such as session titles, suggestions and summaries. To add one, click Or add an API key manually under Add Account, paste the key and click Add API Key.
If a login expires#
When a login stops working, Yardmaster shows a Login Expired notification, and sessions on that account fail until you sign in again. Open Settings > Accounts and click Log In next to that account.
Your Anthropic logins and API keys are saved encrypted on this computer, using your operating system's own protection (the Keychain on a Mac, Windows' built-in data protection on a PC).
On Windows, a big hardware change can reset that protection. Yardmaster then cannot read the saved copy: a login asks you to sign in again, and an API key's card says it cannot be read. Paste the same key in again to fix it; the key itself still works.
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Connect your Claude account
Related
- Know before you hit a usage limitUsage Forecast watches how fast you use your Claude plan and estimates how long your 5-hour and weekly limits will last.
- A session will not startWhat to do when a new session turns red straight away, a model is greyed out, a session sits on Starting, or it says Rate Limited.
- Run sessions on DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM, MiniMax or MetaThese engines run inside Claude Code with your own key from each company, often for less money. Turn one on and pick its model.