Working with Coding Agents

Coding agents and IDE plugins usually speak one of two API shapes. Point them at the matching gateway base URL and your Board API key.

Choose a lane

Lane	Base URL	Examples
OpenAI-compatible	`https://api.benpay.ai/openai/v1`	Codex CLI, Trae, CodeBuddy, WorkBuddy, ComfyUI
Anthropic-compatible	`https://api.benpay.ai/anthropic/v1`	Claude Code, Claude Desktop

Before you connect

Board account and API key
Correct base URL for the client type
Model name from Models in the dashboard

Guides

Verify with curl

OpenAI-compatible:

curl "https://api.benpay.ai/openai/v1/chat/completions" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"YOUR_MODEL","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'

Anthropic-compatible:

curl "https://api.benpay.ai/anthropic/v1/messages" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \
  -d '{"model":"YOUR_MODEL","max_tokens":256,"messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'

Replace YOUR_MODEL with a name from the Models page.