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Make your first API call to confirm that authentication works. It takes about a minute.
1

Issue an API key

Issue an organization API key in the Chainshift console.
2

Send your first request

Retrieve the list of AI models you can collect answers from.
3

Check the response

If you get a list of supported models like the one below, the connection succeeded. These model values are used as-is in run requests. The list depends on your organization’s grants. PERPLEXITY and CLAUDE appear only for organizations with a separate agreement.
If you get a 401 response, check the key value in the API-Key header. For key management, see API key.

Next steps

Core concepts

Understand the resource structure first

Running prompts

Collect your first answers from AI models

API overview

Base URL, common rules, and the full schema
To use the API in natural language from AI tools (Claude Code, Cursor, and others) without writing code, see MCP connection.