Connect Claude Desktop

Use the Claude Desktop app with your AI Reserve account. You sign in with your work Google account — there is no API key to copy or store.

1. Install Claude Desktop

Download the app from claude.com/download — make sure to pick the macOS or Windows installer that matches your computer — and install it. Don't sign in yet; the next step configures where the app connects first.

2. Add the AI Reserve settings — macOS

Download settings for macOS

Open the downloaded file (double-click it) — macOS will note that a profile was downloaded.
Open System Settings → General → Device Management, select the "AI Reserve — Claude Desktop" profile, and click Install.
Fully quit and relaunch Claude Desktop — the new settings load on startup.

Profile won't install? Use the app's built-in setup instead

A profile that fails to install is usually a corrupted download — try re-downloading it first. Otherwise, Claude Desktop can take the same settings directly, and it tests the connection before saving:

In the menu bar choose Help → Troubleshooting → Enable Developer Mode.
Choose Developer → Configure Third-Party Inference…
Pick Gateway as the provider and Interactive (sign in with browser), then paste the three values below into their fields.
Click Test Connection, save, and relaunch the app.

Gateway base URL

https://api.aireserve.com

OIDC sign-in configuration

{"issuer":"https://aireserve.us.auth0.com/","clientId":"KlmloS0fBazToICUBkT1Pn2D0UL18rI5","redirectPort":53180}

Models

[{"name":"claude-sonnet-4-6","labelOverride":"Sonnet 4.6"},{"name":"claude-opus-4-8","labelOverride":"Opus 4.8"},{"name":"claude-fable-5","labelOverride":"Fable 5"}]

IT admins: the same profile deploys cleanly over MDM (Jamf, Kandji, Intune) for zero-touch setup across a fleet.

2. Add the AI Reserve settings — Windows

Download settings for Windows

Double-click the downloaded file.
Windows shows a security warning first (“publisher could not be verified”) — that's expected, see the note below. Choose Run, then confirm the prompt to add the settings to the registry.
Fully quit and relaunch Claude Desktop — the new settings load on startup.

Why the warning? Registry settings files are plain text, so they can't carry the publisher signature Windows looks for — every downloaded .reg file shows the same warning, whoever ships it. It doesn't mean your download is damaged. Curious what it changes? Open the file in Notepad — it's a few readable lines, no passwords or keys.

Prefer not to run a downloaded file? Paste the settings in instead

These commands add exactly the same settings as the download — and pasted commands show no publisher warning:

Open Command Prompt: press the Windows key, type cmd, press Enter. (It must be Command Prompt, not PowerShell — the lines below are written for Command Prompt.)
Copy the block below, paste it into the window, and press Enter. If the window asks about pasting multiple lines, allow it. Each line replies “The operation completed successfully.”
Fully quit and relaunch Claude Desktop — the new settings load on startup.

Claude Desktop settings (Command Prompt)

reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Claude" /v inferenceProvider /t REG_SZ /d "gateway" /f
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Claude" /v inferenceGatewayBaseUrl /t REG_SZ /d "https://api.aireserve.com" /f
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Claude" /v inferenceCredentialKind /t REG_SZ /d "interactive" /f
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Claude" /v inferenceGatewayOidc /t REG_SZ /d "{\"issuer\":\"https://aireserve.us.auth0.com/\",\"clientId\":\"KlmloS0fBazToICUBkT1Pn2D0UL18rI5\",\"redirectPort\":53180}" /f
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Claude" /v inferenceModels /t REG_SZ /d "[{\"name\":\"claude-sonnet-4-6\",\"labelOverride\":\"Sonnet 4.6\"},{\"name\":\"claude-opus-4-8\",\"labelOverride\":\"Opus 4.8\"},{\"name\":\"claude-fable-5\",\"labelOverride\":\"Fable 5\"}]" /f

3. Sign in and chat

Open (or relaunch) Claude Desktop. It will offer to sign in through your organization — click through and pick your work Google account in the browser. That's it: your usage is billed to your organization's AI Reserve wallet automatically.

Are these settings safe to share?

Yes. They contain no passwords or keys — only the address of the AI Reserve gateway and sign-in settings. Access is granted by your Google sign-in, and only accounts your administrator has added will work.

Trouble signing in? Ask your administrator to confirm your account is active, or see the developer documentation for advanced setups.