anthropic-admin-cost-apilisted
Install: claude install-skill jackson2w/claude-code-skills
# Anthropic Admin/Cost API: org-tier gating, the `ant` CLI, and cost_report mechanics
## The org tier gates everything, before any credential type
**The Admin API (and everything behind it — Usage & Cost API, Rate Limits API, Compliance API)
is completely unavailable on an "Individual" org**, regardless of credential type. This isn't a
missing permission or a hidden settings page — it's the account tier. Symptoms, all three
confirmed live on an Individual org (2026-08-23):
- `platform.claude.com/settings/admin-keys` and `console.anthropic.com/settings/admin-keys`
(the two documented Console paths) both 404.
- The Console's own "+ Create API key" dialog has no type/scope selector at all — only Name and
Workspace, same as every regular workspace-scoped key.
- Even a genuine `org:admin`-scoped OAuth token (see below) issues successfully, but a real call
to `cost_report` returns `{"type":"error","error":{"type":"permission_error","message":"Missing
permissions..."}}`.
**Diagnostic shortcut**: run `ant auth status` (see below) — if it names the org "**\<Name\>'s
Individual Org**", that's the root cause, full stop. Don't spend more time hunting Console UI
paths or trying different credential types; converting the org to Team tier (a billing/plan
decision, not something to do on the user's behalf) unlocks Admin API access **immediately with
the same already-issued OAuth token** — no new login needed, confirmed by re-running the identical
`cost_report` call right after a t