The Anthropic integration for Grafana Cloud is a new tool designed to monitor and manage usage and costs related to Claude large language models (LLMs) by connecting directly to the Anthropic Usage and Cost API. This integration enables users to gain real-time insights into model performance and expenses through a pre-built dashboard and customizable alerts within Grafana Cloud. It offers precise billing insights, token usage analysis, model performance evaluation, and capacity planning to optimize resource allocation and manage costs efficiently. The integration is collector-less, leveraging Grafana Cloud's Metrics Endpoint to convert usage data into Prometheus-format metrics without requiring additional agents. Key features include a pre-built API usage dashboard that facilitates easy tracking of token consumption and costs and customizable alert rules to monitor unexpected usage spikes. Users can set up the integration by configuring a scrape job with their Anthropic Admin API key, allowing Grafana Cloud to automatically collect usage metrics. Beyond the pre-built functionalities, users can create custom monitoring panels and optimization strategies to enhance usage efficiency and budget control across different projects or teams.