Invalid Claude Code API Key Configuration on MacOS Claude Code-credentials vs Claude Code
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened May 25, 2025 by rxreyn3 Closed Nov 30, 2025
Bug Description
When configuring Claude Desktop on MacOS to use Claude Code, I receive the following login error:\
{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Invalid API key · Please run /login"}],"totalDurationMs":36,"totalTokens":0,"totalToolUseCount":0,"usage":{"input_tokens":0,"output_tokens":0,"cache_creation_input_tokens":0,"cache_read_input_tokens":0,"server_tool_use":{"web_search_requests":0}},"wasInterrupted":false}\]
claude_desktop_config.json contains:
"claude-code": {
"command": "claude",
"args": ["mcp", "serve"],
"env": {
"HOME": "/Users/ryan"
}
}
I have verified that I have a valid token:[REDACTED]
security find-generic-password -a $USER -w -s "Claude Code-credentials"
{"claudeAiOauth":{"accessToken":"sk-ant
Environment Info
- Platform: macos
- Terminal: windsurf
- Version: 1.0.3
- Feedback ID: a6637031-48b8-41a9-85d7-49e0a2cb94fc
Errors
[{"error":"Error: Command failed: security find-generic-password -a $USER -w -s \"Claude Code\"\nsecurity: SecKeychainSearchCopyNext: The specified item could not be found in the keychain.\n\n at genericNodeError (node:internal/errors:983:15)\n at wrappedFn (node:internal/errors:537:14)\n at checkExecSyncError (node:child_process:882:11)\n at execSync (node:child_process:954:15)\n at cG (file:///Users/ryan/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:644:3513)\n at file:///Users/ryan/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:574:15313\n at Q (file:///Users/ryan/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:532:13335)\n at sR1 (file:///Users/ryan/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:574:14562)\n at aI (file:///Users/ryan/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:574:14179)\n at FU2 (file:///Users/ryan/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1965:20997)","timestamp":"2025-05-25T16:06:06.740Z"},{"error":"Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open [REDACTED]/backend/backend/tests/explore-data-shape.ts'\n at Module.openSync (node:fs:562:18)\n at Object.readSync (file:///Users/ryan/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:540:851)\n at nI (file:///Users/ryan/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:543:260)\n at dG (file:///Users/ryan/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:545:358)\n at file:///Users/ryan/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1751:1396\n at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5) [REDACTED]/backend/backend/tests/explore-data-shape.ts'\n at Module.readFileSync (node:fs:442:20)\n at Object.readFileSync (file:///Users/ryan/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:540:728)\n at dG (file:///Users/ryan/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:545:376)\n at file:///Users/ryan/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1751:1396\n at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)","timestamp":"2025-05-25T16:06:41.704Z"}]This issue has 3 comments on GitHub. Read the full discussion on GitHub ↗