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🤖 Setup Anthropic (Claude) for TradingAgents

Your company VPN blocks OpenAI, but Anthropic (Claude) works perfectly! 🎉

✅ Test Results Summary

✅ Anthropic (Claude) - Fully accessible and working
❌ Google (Gemini) - Blocked by company proxy
❌ OpenRouter - Blocked by Zscaler firewall
❌ Ollama - Not installed (local option)

🔑 Step 1: Get Anthropic API Key

Go to: https://console.anthropic.com/
Sign up or sign in
Navigate to "API Keys" section
Click "Create Key"
Copy your API key (starts with sk-ant-...)

📝 Step 2: Update .env File

Replace the placeholder in your .env file:

# Change this line:
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_api_key_here

# To your actual key:
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-your-actual-key-here

🧪 Step 3: Test Your Setup

Run the test script to verify everything works:

./test_ai_providers.py

You should see: ✅ Anthropic (Claude) - FULLY WORKING

🚀 Step 4: Run TradingAgents

Start the TradingAgents CLI:

source venv/bin/activate.fish
python -c "from cli.main import app; app()"

When prompted, select:

LLM Provider: Anthropic
Quick-Thinking Model: Claude Haiku 3.5
Deep-Thinking Model: Claude Sonnet 3.5 or Claude Sonnet 4

💰 Pricing

Claude is very affordable:

Haiku 3.5: ~$0.25 per 1M tokens
Sonnet 3.5: ~$3 per 1M tokens
Opus 4: ~$15 per 1M tokens

For typical trading analysis: ~$0.10-$0.50 per analysis

🎯 Available Models

Quick-Thinking (Fast):

claude-3-5-haiku-latest - Fast and cost-effective
claude-3-5-sonnet-latest - Balanced performance

Deep-Thinking (Advanced):

claude-3-5-sonnet-latest - High-quality analysis
claude-3-7-sonnet-latest - Advanced reasoning
claude-sonnet-4-0 - Premium performance

🛠️ Troubleshooting

If you see "Connection Error":

Check your API key is correctly set in .env
Restart your terminal/shell
Re-run the test script

If you see "Invalid API Key":

Verify the key starts with sk-ant-
Make sure there are no extra spaces
Generate a new key if needed

If TradingAgents won't start:

Make sure virtual environment is activated
Check that all dependencies are installed
Run pip install -e . to reinstall

✨ Success!

Once setup, you'll have:

✅ Full TradingAgents functionality
✅ High-quality AI analysis from Claude
✅ Works around company VPN restrictions
✅ Affordable pricing

Ready to analyze some stocks! 📈

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