Claude Integration


Feature Name	AI Claude Orchestrator
Feature ID	`CrestApps.OrchardCore.AI.Chat.Claude`

This module wires the shared Claude support from CrestApps.Core into Orchard Core and exposes the related Orchard settings and editors.

Capabilities

tenant-level Claude settings under Settings -> Artificial Intelligence -> Claude
encrypted Anthropic API key storage
Claude model discovery from the Anthropic models API
per-item Claude model overrides for AI Profiles, AI Profile templates, and Chat Interactions
per-item Effort level overrides (Default, Low, Medium, High)
template-to-profile propagation for Claude session settings

Enable the feature

Enable AI Claude Orchestrator when you want Claude to appear as an Orchard-managed orchestrator option for:

AI profiles
AI profile templates
chat interactions

Orchard configuration

Claude configuration can come from both shell configuration and tenant site settings.

appsettings.json

The module binds shared Claude options from the CrestApps:AI:Claude section:

{
  "OrchardCore": {
    "CrestApps": {
      "AI": {
        "Claude": {
          "ApiKey": "<anthropic-api-key>",
          "BaseUrl": "https://api.anthropic.com",
          "DefaultModel": "claude-sonnet-4-5"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Setting	Type	Default	Description
`ApiKey`	`string`	`null`	Anthropic API key. A key stored in the site settings replaces this value when API-key authentication is selected there.
`BaseUrl`	`string`	`https://api.anthropic.com`	Anthropic API base address.
`DefaultModel`	`string`	`null`	Model used when a profile, template, or interaction does not select one.

note

The OrchardCore wrapper is how the host appsettings.json is shaped. A tenant that overrides these values in its own App_Data/Sites/{tenant}/appsettings.json writes the same keys without the wrapper, starting at CrestApps, because that file is already scoped to the tenant.

Site settings

In Orchard Core, go to Settings -> Artificial Intelligence -> Claude.

From there you can configure:

authentication type
API key
base URL
default model

When API key authentication is enabled, the stored API key is encrypted at rest. The editor also uses the configured Claude connection to populate the available model list from Anthropic so Orchard users can pick a model instead of typing one manually.

Tenant site settings override the shell configuration for values such as the base URL and default model. When API-key authentication is used, the key is stored encrypted.

How Orchard users work with Claude

Once the feature is configured, selecting the Claude orchestrator in the Orchestrator field of a profile (see AI profiles) or a chat interaction shows a Claude configuration block:

AI profile editors can select Claude models and an Effort level
AI profile template editors can store Claude model and Effort level defaults
chat interaction editors can pick Claude-backed model settings and an Effort level

When you create a new AI Profile from a profile-source template, the saved Claude settings are copied to the generated profile so the template can act as a reusable Claude preset.

If the site is not configured with an API key, the Claude model selectors remain effectively unavailable.

Shared framework documentation

Detailed Claude runtime guidance lives in CrestApps.Core:

Claude

Capabilities​

Enable the feature​

Orchard configuration​

appsettings.json​

Site settings​

How Orchard users work with Claude​

Shared framework documentation​

Related Orchard docs​