diff --git a/home/secrets/claude-code-api-key.age b/home/secrets/claude-code-api-key.age
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de12f0a7
Binary files /dev/null and b/home/secrets/claude-code-api-key.age differ
diff --git a/lib/secrets/home.nix b/lib/secrets/home.nix
index 0da6c71c..5ca04cd9 100644
--- a/lib/secrets/home.nix
+++ b/lib/secrets/home.nix
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ let
   keys = with (import ../keys.nix); [home Rhizome];
 in {
   "home/secrets/aichat-env.age".publicKeys = keys;
+  "home/secrets/claude-code-api-key.age".publicKeys = keys;
 }
diff --git a/modules/home/development.nix b/modules/home/development.nix
index 92111297..296c1195 100644
--- a/modules/home/development.nix
+++ b/modules/home/development.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ in {
 
   config = lib.mkMerge [
     (mkIf cfg.ai.enable {
+      age.secrets.claude-code-api-key = {
+        file = ../../home/secrets/claude-code-api-key.age;
+      };
+
+      programs.zsh.initExtra = ''
+        export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="$(cat ${config.age.secrets.claude-code-api-key.path})"
+      '';
+
       programs.claude-code = {
         enable = true;
         memory.source = "${llm-profile}/README.md";