Integrations / Anthropic
SerpDad + Anthropic: your briefs and drafts on the Anthropic account you already pay for.
SerpDad works with your own Anthropic API key. If your company already has an Anthropic account, billing and data terms in place, use that key for the AI work: reading each search result, building briefs, writing and checking drafts. Anthropic bills you directly, and SerpDad shows the estimate before it spends.
Listed under Other providers. OpenRouter is the recommended key.
What runs on it. What SerpDad does with your Anthropic key.
The AI provider key does the reading and writing. The top 10 results and search volumes come from your DataForSEO key.
Page classification
Reads the top 10 for every keyword and scores each page's scope and format, which the plan is built on.
Briefs
An angle, an outline with word budgets, terms, questions and claims with sources, all from the page's own top 10.
Drafts and verification
Sections written from sourced brief material, then every sentence read against its sources before sign-off.
Why pick it. One reason to use Anthropic directly, and one not to.
Use it when your company already buys from Anthropic. The spend lands on an account your finance team knows, under terms your legal team already read. Nothing new to approve.
Skip it when you just want the widest choice. An Anthropic key reaches only the Anthropic models on SerpDad's tested list, and the Image maker workflow block needs an OpenRouter key. OpenRouter reaches every model SerpDad offers from one key.
You can switch later. Save a new key on the Provider keys page, and delete the old one there and at Anthropic.
| Provider | Listed as |
|---|---|
| OpenRouter | Recommended |
| Anthropic | Other providers |
| OpenAI | Other providers |
| Z.AI (GLM) | Other providers |
| Moonshot (Kimi) | Other providers |
The cost box. What the AI key cost on our own run.
| Line | Run 2 actual | Estimate per 1,000 keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Page classification | $1.67 | $0.75 to $5.00 |
| Briefs | $0.18 | About $0.35 for 5 briefs |
| AI provider total | $1.85 |
The model sets the price. Anthropic charges by usage at its own prices, so your lines will differ from ours. Every run, brief build and draft shows its estimate on your key first. Try your keyword count in the run cost calculator.
Setup. Connect Anthropic in three steps.
Create a key in the Anthropic console
Name it SerpDad and set a spend limit at Anthropic before you copy it.
Paste it in Workspace, Provider keys
Open Other providers, pick Anthropic and a model, paste the key and save. SerpDad checks it before it saves it.
Read the estimate, then approve
Nothing is spent until someone approves the cost on screen. Runs above the owner approval line need an Owner or Admin.
Step-by-step help and fixes for a refused key: AI provider key help. How keys are stored and checked: provider keys docs.
What it won't do. It never resells your Anthropic usage, and it does not track Claude.
SerpDad adds no markup and never falls back to a SerpDad key for your work. Every charge is on your own Anthropic account. The key is encrypted, write-only and shown only by its last 4 characters.
This key does the reading and writing. It is not a tracker: SerpDad checks Google AI features only, AI Overviews and AI Mode, and does not check whether Claude cites your pages.
The text SerpDad sends goes to your own Anthropic account, under Anthropic's terms for your account. Check them before you connect.
Templates. Workflows that spend on this key, only after approval.
Keyword pile to page plan
Classification on this key, after the estimate.
Keyword pile to signed articles
Briefs, drafts and verification on this key, signed by a named person.
SaaS docs and use cases
Plan and brief product pages from the live top 10.
Questions and answers.
Can't find the answer? Email us.
Can I use my Anthropic API key instead of OpenRouter?
Yes. Anthropic is listed under Other providers in Workspace, Provider keys. Pick Anthropic, pick a model from the list, paste the key and save. SerpDad checks the key before it saves it.
What runs on my Anthropic key?
Page classification, briefs, drafts and verification. The top 10 results and search volumes run on your DataForSEO key. The Image maker block needs an OpenRouter key.
Who bills me for the AI work?
Anthropic, on your own account, at its own prices. SerpDad adds no markup and shows the estimate on your key before anything is spent.
Does SerpDad check whether Claude cites my pages?
No. This key does the reading and writing. SerpDad checks Google AI features only: AI Overviews and AI Mode.
Can I use any Claude model?
You pick from a fixed list of models SerpDad has tested. There is no custom base address. OpenRouter reaches more models from one key.
Your Anthropic account, your bill.
Plan 1,000 keywords free on your own keys.
Your first plan is free up to 1,000 keywords, with briefs for the top 5 pages. No card needed.