Claude Desktop ships with a setting called third-party inference. When enabled, every conversation goes to a gateway you choose instead of Anthropic’s hosted API. Pointing it at Portkey turns a personal AI tool into a governed organizational one without changing how anyone uses the app.Documentation Index
Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.portkey.ai/docs/llms.txt
Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
What changes when you connect Portkey
One endpoint, every model
Use Anthropic, Bedrock, or Vertex AI without changing anything in Claude Desktop. Switch providers from a config in Portkey.
Spend stays within limits
Per-team budgets, rate limits, and content guardrails apply automatically. No more surprise invoices.
Every request is auditable
Cost, latency, tokens, and metadata logged for every prompt. Filter by team, user, or environment.
Pick your path
I'm rolling this out for my team
Platform Admin Guide. Set up providers, configs, governance policies, and scoped API keys. Hand each developer a five-minute setup.
I just need to connect Claude Desktop
Developer Guide. Paste the credentials your admin gave you and start sending requests through the governed gateway.
When to use this guide vs. the others
Claude Desktop
The standard chat experience in Claude Desktop. You’re here.
Claude Cowork
The collaborative coding experience inside Claude Desktop. Same gateway setup, slightly different surface.
Claude Code
The CLI-based agentic coding tool. Different config format (settings.json).