From 46b866f328b258dc31f8c29222bb84784f6e0c12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 18:29:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Support ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN for third-party API providers

Add anthropic_auth_token input to both action.yml and base-action/action.yml,
pass it as ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN env var to Claude Code, and update validation
to accept it as an alternative to ANTHROPIC_API_KEY/CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN.
This enables use with proxy servers like LiteLLM.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01Q7hAv9Ah5eeZjXPEqmhYoW
---
 action.yml                            |  4 ++++
 base-action/action.yml                |  5 +++++
 base-action/src/validate-env.ts       |  5 +++--
 base-action/test/validate-env.test.ts | 11 +++++++++--
 4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index aecd94eee..1853a6422 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ inputs:
   claude_code_oauth_token:
     description: "Claude Code OAuth token (alternative to anthropic_api_key)"
     required: false
+  anthropic_auth_token:
+    description: "Anthropic auth token for third-party API providers like LiteLLM proxy (alternative to anthropic_api_key)"
+    required: false
   github_token:
     description: "GitHub token with repo and pull request permissions (optional if using GitHub App)"
     required: false
@@ -233,6 +236,7 @@ runs:
         # Provider configuration
         ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: ${{ inputs.anthropic_api_key }}
         CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.claude_code_oauth_token }}
+        ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.anthropic_auth_token }}
         ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL: ${{ env.ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL }}
         ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_HEADERS: ${{ env.ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_HEADERS }}
         CLAUDE_CODE_USE_BEDROCK: ${{ inputs.use_bedrock == 'true' && '1' || '' }}
diff --git a/base-action/action.yml b/base-action/action.yml
index 50f3d5f23..723d8aabf 100644
--- a/base-action/action.yml
+++ b/base-action/action.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ inputs:
     description: "Claude Code OAuth token (alternative to anthropic_api_key)"
     required: false
     default: ""
+  anthropic_auth_token:
+    description: "Anthropic auth token for third-party API providers like LiteLLM proxy (alternative to anthropic_api_key)"
+    required: false
+    default: ""
   use_bedrock:
     description: "Use Amazon Bedrock with OIDC authentication instead of direct Anthropic API"
     required: false
@@ -175,6 +179,7 @@ runs:
         # Provider configuration
         ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: ${{ inputs.anthropic_api_key }}
         CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.claude_code_oauth_token }}
+        ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.anthropic_auth_token }}
         ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL: ${{ env.ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL }}
         ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_HEADERS: ${{ env.ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_HEADERS }}
         # Only set provider flags if explicitly true, since any value (including "false") is truthy
diff --git a/base-action/src/validate-env.ts b/base-action/src/validate-env.ts
index 1f28da37e..26fdc1623 100644
--- a/base-action/src/validate-env.ts
+++ b/base-action/src/validate-env.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export function validateEnvironmentVariables() {
   const useFoundry = process.env.CLAUDE_CODE_USE_FOUNDRY === "1";
   const anthropicApiKey = process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY;
   const claudeCodeOAuthToken = process.env.CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN;
+  const anthropicAuthToken = process.env.ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN;
 
   const errors: string[] = [];
 
@@ -20,9 +21,9 @@ export function validateEnvironmentVariables() {
   }
 
   if (!useBedrock && !useVertex && !useFoundry) {
-    if (!anthropicApiKey && !claudeCodeOAuthToken) {
+    if (!anthropicApiKey && !claudeCodeOAuthToken && !anthropicAuthToken) {
       errors.push(
-        "Either ANTHROPIC_API_KEY or CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN is required when using direct Anthropic API.",
+        "Either ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN, or ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN is required when using direct Anthropic API.",
       );
     }
   } else if (useBedrock) {
diff --git a/base-action/test/validate-env.test.ts b/base-action/test/validate-env.test.ts
index 4a4b09334..e578a68d0 100644
--- a/base-action/test/validate-env.test.ts
+++ b/base-action/test/validate-env.test.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ describe("validateEnvironmentVariables", () => {
     delete process.env.ANTHROPIC_VERTEX_BASE_URL;
     delete process.env.ANTHROPIC_FOUNDRY_RESOURCE;
     delete process.env.ANTHROPIC_FOUNDRY_BASE_URL;
+    delete process.env.ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN;
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
@@ -40,9 +41,15 @@ describe("validateEnvironmentVariables", () => {
       expect(() => validateEnvironmentVariables()).not.toThrow();
     });
 
-    test("should fail when ANTHROPIC_API_KEY is missing", () => {
+    test("should pass when ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN is provided", () => {
+      process.env.ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN = "test-auth-token";
+
+      expect(() => validateEnvironmentVariables()).not.toThrow();
+    });
+
+    test("should fail when no auth token is provided", () => {
       expect(() => validateEnvironmentVariables()).toThrow(
-        "Either ANTHROPIC_API_KEY or CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN is required when using direct Anthropic API.",
+        "Either ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN, or ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN is required when using direct Anthropic API.",
       );
     });
   });